Natural History


Contents
  • NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD SUGAR GLIDER
  • ORIGINS
  • History
  • Classifications & Subspecies
  • Common Name(s):
  • Taxnomy:
  • References:
  • HABITAT
  • WILD DIET
  • BEHAVIOUR
  • REPRODUCTION

    • NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD SUGAR GLIDER

    ORIGINS

      
    History
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    Classifications  & Subspecies
    Scientific Name: Animalia
    Rank: Kingdom

    Scientific Name: Chordata
    Rank: Phylum

    Scientific Name: Gnathostomata
    Rank: Subphylum

    Scientific Name: Mammalia
    Rank: Class

    Scientific Name: Marsupialia
    Rank: Subclass

    Scientific Name: Diprotodontia
    Rank: Order

    Scientific Name: Petauridae
    Rank: Family

    Scientific Name: Petaurus
    Rank: Genus

    Scientific Name: breviceps
    Rank: Species

    Common Name(s):

    Sugar Glider, Sugar Squirrel, Lesser Flying Squirrel, Lesser Glider, Lesser Flying Phalanger

    Rank: Common Name(s)

    Taxnomy:

    The subspecies of P. breviceps:


    1. P. b. breviceps (Waterhouse, 1839) Victoria, South Aus, NSW, Qld & Tasmania (red)
    2. P. b. longicaudatus (Longman, 1924) Queensland (blue)
    3. P. b. ariel (Gould, 1842) Northern Territory to WA ( Dark green)
    4. P. b. flavidus (Tate & Archbold, 1935) Southern New Guinea (yellow)
    5. P. b. papuanus (Thomas, 1888) Northern New Guinea (pink)
    6. P. b. tafa (Tate & Archbold, 1935) Owen Stanley Range (light green)

     
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    References:

    • Biochemical Systematic Studies In The Genus Petaurus (Marsupialia, Petauridae)Dj Colgan And Tf Flannery (Australian Journal Of Zoology 40(3) 245 - 256) 1992
    • Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
    • Possums of the World, A monograph of the Phalangeroidea: T Flannery (1994)
    • Mammals of the south-west Pacific and Moluccan Islands: T Flannery (1995)


    HABITAT

    • Environment & Distribution
    • Colonies
    • Nesting

    WILD DIET

    • Foliage - types of trees, how they feed etc
    • Insects
    • other information

    BEHAVIOUR

    • Colony and individual Behaviour
    • Gliding
    • Predators

    REPRODUCTION

      Last Edited February 14, 2008


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