Sugar Glider: Petaurus breviceps
- Blue-grey to brown-grey on dorsal surface,
with a dark mid-dorsal stripe from between eyes to midback. Cream to
- Tail grey to black and sometimes tipped with
- The Sugar Glider shelters in tree hollows
which are usually leaf lined.
- Feed on gum produced by Acacias, saps of
certain Eucalypts and invertebrates
- Live in social groups with up to seven adults
and their young sharing one common nest.
- Have calls of shrill yapping which warns
others of danger approaching. Also have a sharp scream during fights and a
gurgling chatter when disturbed.
- The Sugar Glider can volplane up to fifty
metres in length. Thrust by its hind legs, it leaps from a tree, spreading
the membranes (like wings) which extend from each side of the body from the
fifth finger to the first toe. Steering and stability is maintained by
curvature of the right and left membrane.
- Honey is placed on the railings in front of
the lodges at Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge each evening for them to
feed. Viewings can be expected every night in normal weather conditions.