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Species profile—Petauroides volans minor (northern greater glider)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums and Greater Gliders) → Petauroides volans minor (northern 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 minor (Collett, 1887)
Common name
northern greater glider
Type reference
Collett, R. (1887). On a collection of mammals from central and northern Queensland. Zoologische Jahrbücher 2, 829-940.
WildNet taxon ID
2456
Synonym(s)
Petauroides minor
Alternate name(s)
greater glider (north-eastern Queensland)
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Vulnerable
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=2456.

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

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022