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Scientific Name : Petaurus breviceps
Common Name : Sugar glider
Description : Smallish possum, with a brushy tail, adapted to glide between trees by means of a membrane stretching from the wrists to the ankles. Body colour is blue-grey above, with black stripes on the face and blackish ears. Body length is just under 200 mm, with a tail of about the same measurement. Sugar gliders are nocturnal, but may be observed leaving their roosting holes just before dark.
Here is a short video of 4 Sugar Gliders in a nest box on 6th September 2014.
Sugar Glider Video
Habitat : Generally in open eucalyptus woodland, especially when associated with acacia trees.
Distribution : Northern and Eastern Australia, wherever suitable habitat is to be found. Status in the Park is not well-known, but there have been possible sightings close to Fosters Gully. Since 2011 Sugar Gliders have been found occupying a number of nest boxes beside the Billys Creek Track.
Family : Petauridae
 
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Sugar Glider in a nest box by the Billys Creek Track
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Sugar Glider looking out from a nest box by the Billys Creek Track
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Sugar Glider visiting a nest box by the Billys Creek Track
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Sugar Glider above a nest box by the Billys Creek Track
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Four Sugar Gliders in a nest box by the Billys Creek Track
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Sugar Glider looking out from a nest box by the Billys Creek Track in daylight
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Sugar Glider, just emerged from a nest box beside the Billys Creek Track