Species profile—Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders) → Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders)
- Scientific name
- Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839
- Common name
- sugar glider
- Type reference
- Waterhouse, G.R. (1839). Observations on certain modifications observes in the dentition of the flying opposums (of the genus Petaurus of the authors) Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838: 149-156 [152]
- WildNet taxon ID
- 877
- Alternate name(s)
- sugar squirrel
lesser glider
lesser flying phalanger
short-headed phalanger
lesser flying squirrel - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
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=877
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
