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Species profile—Petauroides volans (greater glider)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums and Greater Gliders) → Petauroides volans (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 (Kerr, 1792)
Common name
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
848
Synonym(s)
Schoinobates volans
Petauroides volans sensu lato
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=848.

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

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Last updated
20 May 2024