Introduction to Sugar Gliders

ByRosemary J. Booth, BVSc, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services
Reviewed/Revised Jul 2020

Sugar glider

Sugar gliders (scientific name Petaurus breviceps) are small marsupials, mammals that nurse their offspring in pouches on their stomachs. Kangaroos, koalas, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats are also marsupials. These exotic pets come originally from Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea and were first brought to the United States in the 1990s.

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