Animalz

Petaurus

  • Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis
    Yellow-bellied Glider
    Photo: Greg Tasney · CC BY-SA 4.0

    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.

  • Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps
    Sugar glider
    Photo: Greg Tasney · CC BY-SA 4.0

    A marsupial that glides between trees in eastern Australian forests.

  • Ebony Glider Petaurus gracilis
    Ebony Glider
    Photo: The original uploader was Pfinge at French Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.0

    The mahogany glider is a marsupial that glides through woodlands in northern Queensland. Its buff-to-apricot belly and dark stripe from the head toward the rump are distinctive.

  • Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
    Squirrel Glider
    Photo: Greg Tasney · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The squirrel glider is a marsupial of eastern Australian forests. It travels between trees using its gliding membrane and is active at night.

  • Northern Glider Petaurus abidi

    The Northern Glider is a gliding marsupial from the mountain ranges of northern New Guinea. It has a dark stripe along its back, and figs are among the few foods reported.

  • Biak glider Petaurus biacensis

    The Biak glider is a marsupial known from Biak, Supiori, and Owi islands in Indonesia. The genus account describes Petaurus gliders as arboreal and nocturnal, with a gliding membrane.

  • Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps

    A marsupial that glides between trees in eastern Australian forests.

  • Ebony Glider Petaurus gracilis

    The mahogany glider is a marsupial that glides through woodlands in northern Queensland. Its buff-to-apricot belly and dark stripe from the head toward the rump are distinctive.

  • Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis

    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.

  • Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis

    The squirrel glider is a marsupial of eastern Australian forests. It travels between trees using its gliding membrane and is active at night.