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Bookmark or Share- Sugar Glider - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bioSugar gliders have very similar habits and appearance to the flying squirrel, despite not being closely related - an example of convergent evolution. The scientific name of these animals translates from Latin as "short-headed rope-dancer", a reference to their canopy acrobatics.
- Sugar Glider - A-Z Animals“A small, gliding possum with a big sweet tooth.” Sugar gliders are tiny nocturnal animals that are native to forested and wooded regions in Australia and New Guinea. They have comparable size and appearance to North American squirrel species.
- Sugar glider - WikipediaThe sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum. The common name refers to its predilection for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel. [8] .
- A guide to Australia’s possums and gliders - Australian GeographicIn the black of night, Australia’s 27 species of possum and glider scamper across our roofs, dart along branches in secluded rainforests or peer tentatively from tiny hidey-holes.
- Sugar Glider Facts - National GeographicAustralia's sugar gliders can "fly" about 165 feet. Sugar gliders are palm-size possums that can glide half the length of a soccer pitch in one trip. These common, tree-dwelling marsupials are...
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