Petaurus

The kind Petaurus is a group of small marsupial Arboricole S which has the characteristic to be able to plane thanks to a fold of skin between back legs fronts and legs. One distinguishes six species from them.

Species

Petaurus abidi Ziegler, 1981 - Scandinavian Sailplane; in English: the Northen glider
Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791; HTTP: /www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/austlive.htm photograph; in English: the Yellow bellied glider
Petaurus biacensis ; in English: the Biak glider
Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 - sugar Sailplane HTTP: /www.animalls.net/ARTIC96.HTML photograph; in English: the Sugar glider
Petaurus gracilis (Of Screw, 1883) HTTP: /www.knowyoursto.com/images/genuspossums/petaurus-gracilis01.jpg photograph; in English: the Mahogany glider
Petaurus norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792) - Squirrel sailplane HTTP: /www.knowyoursto.com/images/genuspossums/petaurus-norfolcensis01.jpg photograph; in English: the Squirrel glider

Description

They are night animals of small size (approximately forty centimetres, tail included/understood) provided with a membrane of skin tended between wrists and ankles. They use this membrane to plane tree out of tree, while jumping then while deploying their four members. They are thus able to plane on a hundred meters.

They have also large eyes directed towards the front one, a short and pointed head and a long tail punt which is used to them as rudder when they plane.

Food

They all are omnivorous, and nourish sap of the trees, gums, pollens, of honeydew and insects.

Lifestyle

Apart from the Petaurus australis and Petaurus breviceps , the majority are solitary animals.

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