Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)

Identification:

Similar to the Sugar Glider, but bigger, weighing about 230 grams with a longer and more pointed face and a bushier, tapering tail.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland throughout most of its range, but it occurs in some wet sclerophyll forests in Queensland.

Nest Type: Tree hollows

 

  

Biology:

Nocturnal, arboreal. Makes leaf lined nests in tree hollows. Lives in social groups, but can be vicious to intruders. Sexually mature at twelve months. Produces one or two young.

Native Diet:

Nectar, pollen, manna, honeydew, sap of acacias and eucalypts, invertebrates, seeds of casuarina.

Predators:

Cats, foxes, owls