Natural History

Posted in Identify the species | 8 Comments

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1. on November 28, 2012 at 7:44 pm DesertWindHounds

   Sugar glider. Petaurus breviceps.

   
   
2. on November 28, 2012 at 8:03 pm Russell Constable

   Leucistic sugar glider for sure yellow patch on top of head would be dark grey on a normal coloured sugar glider

   
   
3. on November 28, 2012 at 8:08 pm kittenz

   White sugar glider.

   
   
4. on November 28, 2012 at 9:19 pm massugu

   Ditto

   
   
5. on November 29, 2012 at 6:18 am Jen Robinson

   Curious that a critter with eyes so adapted to low light should be white in color. I’d think that would make them highly vulnerable to predation.

   
   
   • on November 29, 2012 at 7:01 am bearcoatpei

     My guess is it does in the wild. Whereas in captivity it makes them more valuable for the seller.

     
     
6. on November 29, 2012 at 7:49 am chervilmeadow

   I’ve only seen sugar gliders on tv and although they look sweet we were told that they can inflict “a painful bite” and are not really as suitable for being pets as their benign appearance might indicate, albeit seeing a white one suggest to me that they are part of the exotic pet trade, which at least means, hopefully, they are left alone in the wild and maybe too small to be hunted for so called “sport” nor would they make much of a meal – but then you wouldn’t think witchety grubs would be worth the effort either!

   
   
7. on November 29, 2012 at 11:00 am kittenz

   They are pretty popular as pets … sort of like any other small exotic: many people think they look cute and unique and buy one. Once.

   
   

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