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))
Sighting data
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
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
