Its back is gray-brown, its belly yellow-orange, and a gliding membrane stretches between its limbs. In eastern Australian eucalypt forests, it feeds on nectar and sap and glides at night.
The fur is dusky gray-brown above and cream to yellow-orange below. A gliding membrane joins the front and hind limbs, and the long tail is fully furred.
It is a nocturnal glider that lives in trees. Its diet consists largely of eucalypt nectar, pollen, and sap, with insects and other small prey also reported.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.