Sugar glider
The sugar glider is a tree-dwelling Australian native marsupial, found in tall eucalypt forests and woodlands along eastern NSW. The nocturnal sugar glider feeds on insects and birds, and satisfies its sweet tooth with nectar and pollens.
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The small, agile sugar glider is the most common glider in Australia. Similar to the squirrel glider, this nocturnal tree-dwelling marsupial has a square membrane that allows it to glide up to 90m between trees.
Active at night, sugar gliders feed on insects, small birds and mammals.
With an insatiable sweet tooth, the glider seeks out nectar, tree sap and pollen for its sugar fix. Tree-top living is a communal affair, where they will often nest in tree hollows shared by other male and female sugar gliders and their young.
Animal facts
- Common name
- Sugar glider
- Scientific name
- Petaurus breviceps
- Conservation status in NSW
- Protected
Parks in which this animal is found
- Blackheath area in Blue Mountains National Park
- Bouddi National Park
- Capertee National Park
- Cattai National Park
- Corramy Regional Park
- Dharawal National Park
- Glenbrook area in Blue Mountains National Park
- Horton Falls National Park
- Jervis Bay National Park
- Lower Grose Valley area in Blue Mountains National Park
- Mimosa Rocks National Park
- Mount Jerusalem National Park
- Mount Wilson area in Blue Mountains National Park
- Murray Valley Regional Park
- Popran National Park
- South East Forest National Park
- Southern Blue Mountains area in Blue Mountains National Park