Species profile—Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders) → Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders)
- Scientific name
- Petaurus gracilis (de Vis, 1883)
- Common name
- mahogany glider
- Type reference
- De Vis, C.W. (1883). Description of a new Belideus from Northern Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (1)7: 619-620 {Apr. 1883] [619].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 878
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
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 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=878.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
