 Size:
Head & body length: 280mm
Tail Length: 420mm
Weight:
550g
Identification:
Grey back, black paws, black, naked ears and white claws. The belly is
buff-yellow, orange or white, depending on age. A gliding membrane extends
from wrist to ankle.
Call/Song:
Makes a loud gurgling calls.
Distributed along the east coast of Australia, from north Queensland to
Victoria.
Habitat:
Found in a wide variety of habitats and vegetation types.
A nocturnal animal which is most active
for the first half of the night.
Movement:
The yellow-bellied glider is a very agile
climber, will often run along the underside of the branch and hang by its
hind legs.
Feeding:
Feeds on nectar, pollen, insects and the sap of eucalypts. Food
trees are easily identified by the V shaped scarring caused by these gliders
when feeding on sap.
Breeding/Nesting:
Mating can occur while hanging while the pair is clinging to the underside
of a branch. Young are born from August to September. |
Photo: QDEH
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Other Common Names: Fluffy glider.
Status: Rare, limited.
Distribution:
Abundance:
Common
Cayley, N. W. & Strahan, R.(1987)
What
Mammal Is That?, Angus & Robertson Publishers, Australia.
Strahan, R.(ed.) (1983) The Australian
Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus & Robertson Publishers,
Australia.
Queensland Museum
(1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. |
