Scientific Name: Petaurus Breviceps

            (Pet-ar-us Brevi-seps)

    Sugar Gliders are nocturnal. They sleep during the day and are very lively during the night.

    They are a silver-grey color with a dark (black/brown) stripe down their back. Many scientists think that they can live for nine (9) years.

    They can glide distances of anywhere from 50 to 100 meters at a time from tree to tree. Sugar Gliders use their tail to help steer their bodys.

    They can be found where there is enough rainfall in both damp and dry forests. Usually in these places there are acacia gum plants all around.

   Sugar Gliders are very playful with their group. They eat the gum and sap from acacias and eucalyptus (uc-allep-tus.) They also eat a large variety of different insects.

   Sugar Gliders breed from July to November because there is a lot of food around for them in this season. When young are hungry they leave their nest with their father or mother.

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