Species profile—Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders) → Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders)
- Scientific name
- Petaurus norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792)
- Common name
- squirrel glider
- Type reference
- Kerr, R. (1792). The Animal Kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class I. Mammalia. London: J. Murray & R. Faulder Vol. 1 Pt 1 xl 400 pp. 9 pls [270]
- WildNet taxon ID
- 879
- Alternate name(s)
- flying squirrel
squirrel flying phalanger
squirrel flying opposum
sugar squirrel - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
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=879.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
