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Species profile—Petaurus australis australis (yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies))

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders) → Petaurus australis australis (yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies))

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders)
Scientific name
Petaurus australis australis Shaw, 1791
Common name
yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies)
Type reference
Shaw, G. (1791). The Naturalist's Miscellany: or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature. London: Nodder Vol. 2 [Mar. 1791] [text to pl 60]
WildNet taxon ID
875
Alternate name(s)
fluffy glider
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

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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=875.

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
20 May 2024