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  2. Sugar glider - Wikipedia

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    In the wild, sugar gliders breed once or twice a year depending on the climate and habitat conditions, while they can breed multiple times a year in captivity as a result of consistent living conditions and proper diet. [22] A sugar glider female gives birth to one (19%) or two (81%) babies (joeys) per litter. [20]

  3. Petaurus - Wikipedia

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    The genus Petaurus (/ p ə. t ɔː ˈ r ə s /) contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal possums native to Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands. There are eight species: the sugar glider , savanna glider , Krefft's glider , squirrel glider , mahogany glider , northern glider , yellow-bellied glider and ...

  4. Gliding flight - Wikipedia

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    In the sugar glider, the patagia extend between the fifth finger of each hand to the first toe of each foot. This creates an aerofoil enabling them to glide 50 metres or more. [ 4 ] This gliding flight is regulated by changing the curvature of the membrane or moving the legs and tail.

  5. Krefft's glider - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Krefft's glider (originally identified as sugar glider) fossils were found in a cave in Victoria and are dated to 15,000 years ago, at the time of the Pleistocene epoch. [ 8 ] Populations of Petaurus in New Guinea likely represent a distinct species complex , but have been tentatively classified within P. notatus until they can be ...

  6. List of soaring birds - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of soaring birds, which are birds that can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to "lock" their extended wings by means of a specialized tendon. [1] Bird of prey. Buzzards; Condors; Eagles; Falcons; Harriers; Hawks; Kites; Osprey; Secretary bird; Vultures; Passerine ...

  7. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    Birds (flying, soaring) – Most of the approximately 10,000 living species can fly (flightless birds are the exception). Bird flight is one of the most studied forms of aerial locomotion in animals. See List of soaring birds for birds that can soar as well as fly. Townsends's big-eared bat, (Corynorhinus townsendii) displaying the "hand wing"

  8. Petauridae - Wikipedia

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    Petauridae is a family of possums containing 11 species: four species of trioks and striped possum (genus Dactylopsila), six species of wrist-winged glider (genus Petaurus), and Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri), which has only vestigial gliding membranes.

  9. Gliding possum - Wikipedia

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    There are many different types of gliding possum, sometimes referred to as volplane possum, flying phalangers, or simply as gliders, endemic to Australia and New Guinea. Taxonomically, gliding possums occupy three genera.