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Species profile—Petauroides volans volans (southern greater glider)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums and Greater Gliders) → Petauroides volans volans (southern greater glider)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums and Greater Gliders)
Scientific name
Petauroides volans volans (Kerr, 1792)
Common name
southern greater glider
Type reference
Kerr, R. (1792). The Animal Kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class 1. Mammalia, containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the Mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. J. Murray & R. Faulder, London. 400 pp.
WildNet taxon ID
2455
Synonym(s)
Petauroides volans armillatus
Petauroides armillatus
Alternate name(s)
central greater glider
greater glider (southern and central)
greater glider (south-eastern)
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Endangered
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Endangered
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=2455.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
8 March 2022