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Petaurus (squirrel gliders, sugar gliders, and yellow bellied gliders)

Synonyms: Belidea; Petaurella; Petaurula

Wikipedia Abstract

The genus Petaurus contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal marsupials. There are six species, sugar glider, squirrel glider, mahogany glider, northern glider, yellow-bellied glider and Biak glider, and are native to Australia or New Guinea. All are omnivores, and eat tree sap, gum, nectar, pollen, and insects, along with manna and honeydew. Most flying phalangers appear to be solitary, though the yellow-bellied glider and sugar glider are both known to live in groups.
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Species

Petaurus abidi (Northern Glider) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Petaurus adelynhoserae
Petaurus australis (Yellow-bellied Glider) (Attributes)
Petaurus biacensis (Biak Glider) (Attributes)
Petaurus breviceps (Sugar Glider) (Attributes)
Petaurus cunninghami
Petaurus didelphoides
Petaurus flaviventer
Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Petaurus norfolcensis (Squirrel Glider) (Attributes)
Petaurus notatus
Petaurus peronii
Petaurus taguanoides

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0