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Where do they come from?

    Where do they come from?

    “Sugar Gliders” are small marsupials in the same general family as a Kangaroo or Koala Bear. They are originally from the rainforests of Australia and Indonesia , and have been domestically bred as household pets in the United States for the last 12-15 years.
    They got the name “Sugar Gliders” because they: 


  • 1) like to eat almost anything that is sweet, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, and

  • 2) they have a gliding membrane (similar to a flying squirrel) that stretches from their wrist to their ankles, allowing them to glide - not fly - from tree to tree.
    • In the wild they primarily live in trees in “colonies” of 10-15 other Gliders. Their “scientific” name is: Petaurus Breviceps, and their specific Taxonomic Classification is: 

  • Class: Mammalia
  • Infraclass: Marsupialia
  • Order: Diprotodontia
  • Suborder: Phalangerida
  • Family: Petauridae
  • Genus: Petaurus
  • Species: P. Breviceps
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