Petaurus australis

The Petaurus australis ; in English: The Yellow-bellied Glider or the Fluffy Glider is the greatest species of the kind Petaurus and the second of the Planeur S.

Subspecies

- Petaurus australis australis is common in the South of the Australia
- Petaurus australis reginae is rare and is in the North of the Queensland

Description

It has a 30 cm length for the head and the body whereas the tail measures 45 cm. It weighs 450 to 700 G. It has a gray or brown peeling with a cream-coloured belly transfering with orange when the animal ages. It has large pointed ears, stripped, of a pink gray and a prominent black line since the face to the back. It has a membrane of skin extending since the wrist until ankle which enables him to plane. There is no agreement to know if its tail is prehensile or not. It has several cries of which a raucous cry, characteristic.

Distribution and habitat

One finds it since the east coast of the Australia until the West of the Great Dividing Range, since the South of the Queensland in North until the State of Victoria, in the South. He lives especially in the forests of Eucalyptus of the wet areas but can be in drier areas.

Lifestyle

It is a night, arboricolous animal which lives in couple or small bands from 2 to 6 individuals. It is very mobile and moves much according to the seasons. It can plane on 150 Mr.

Food

It nourishes honey, of nectar, sap of the eucalypti and other trees which it collects by notching the bark with its incisors, leaving a trace out of V indélibile very recognizable.

Reproduction

It makes its nest in the summit of the trees. Though the female has a marsupium doubles, separated by a septum, it has generally only one small per range and per annum.

External bonds

Protection, very complete but in English

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