Squirrel Glider

Information about Squirrel Glider

Squirrel Glider[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Order:Diprotodontia
Family:Petauridae
Genus:Petaurus
Species:P. norfolcensis
Binomial name
Petaurus norfolcensis
(Kerr, 1792)
The Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a flying possum of the marsupial family Petauridae. It is one of the wrist-winged gliders of the Petaurus genus.

Like most of the wrist-winged gliders, the Squirrel Glider is endemic to Australia. It is about twice the size of the related Sugar Glider (P. breviceps). The Squirrel Glider eats mostly fruit and insects. They can glide up to 15 metres from tree to tree. They tend not to glide in captivity.

Similar species are the Sugar Glider and the Mahogany Glider. [3] [4]

References

1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 55. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.2005&rft.edition=3rd%20edition&rft.pub=Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20Press&rft.pages=55&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnmnhgoph.si.edu%2Fmsw%2F"> 
2. ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Petaurus norfolcensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-11.
3. ^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press (pp. 94-95). ISBN 0-19-550870-X
4. ^ Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland (First printed in 2000). Queensland Museum Publication (p. 337). ISBN 0-7242-9349-3

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
Marsupials
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Diprotodontia
Owen, 1866

Suborders

Vombatiformes
Phalangeriformes
Macropodiformes

Diprotodontia is a large order of about 120 marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.
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Petauridae
C.L. Bonaparte, 1838

Genera

Dactylopsila
Gymnobelideus
Petaurus
The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, the six species wrist-winged gliders in genus
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Petaurus
Shaw, 1791

Type species
Petaurus australis
Shaw, 1791

Species
  • Petaurus breviceps
  • Petaurus australis
  • Petaurus gracilis
  • Petaurus abidi
  • Petaurus biancensis

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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Kerr was born in Roxburghshire as the son of a jeweller. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised at the Edinburgh Foundling Hospital as a surgeon.
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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
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Petauridae
C.L. Bonaparte, 1838

Genera

Dactylopsila
Gymnobelideus
Petaurus
The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, the six species wrist-winged gliders in genus
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Petaurus
Shaw, 1791

Type species
Petaurus australis
Shaw, 1791

Species
  • Petaurus breviceps
  • Petaurus australis
  • Petaurus gracilis
  • Petaurus abidi
  • Petaurus biancensis

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Petaurus
Shaw, 1791

Type species
Petaurus australis
Shaw, 1791

Species
  • Petaurus breviceps
  • Petaurus australis
  • Petaurus gracilis
  • Petaurus abidi
  • Petaurus biancensis

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P. breviceps

Binomial name
Petaurus breviceps
Waterhouse, 1839


Sugar Glider natural range:

Red: P. b.

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P. breviceps

Binomial name
Petaurus breviceps
Waterhouse, 1839


Sugar Glider natural range:

Red: P. b.

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P. gracilis

Binomial name
Petaurus gracilis
(de Vis, 1883)

The Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) is a highly endangered possum.
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Born in England, he completed a BSc (London) in 1963, and a PhD (London) in 1966.
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