Greater Glider
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| Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792) |
The Greater Glider (Petauroides volans) is a large gliding possum found in Australia. It is not, in fact, closely related to the lesser gliding possums but instead to the Lemur-like Ringtail Possum (Hemibelideus lemuroides), with which it shares the subfamily Hemibelideinae.[1]
The Greater Glider is roughly the size of a cat and is a nocturnal and solitary herbivore feeding mostly on Eucalyptus leaves and buds.[3] Like its relative the Lemur-like Ringtail, the Greater Glider is found in two forms: a sooty brown form, or a grey-to-white form.[3]
The Greater Glider is found in wet sclerophyll forest from Mossman, Queensland, to Daylesford, Victoria.[3] A single young is born after mating (which occurs from March to June), which leaves the pouch at four months of age, and is independent at nine months.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b 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, 51. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Petauroides volans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 26 December 2006.
- ^ a b c d Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 94.
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