“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:
- like to eat almost anything that is sweet, especially fresh fruit & vegetables, and
- 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: Petaurus Breviceps, and their specific Taxonomic Classification is:
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Marsupialia
- Order: Diprotodontia
- Suborder: Phalangerida
- Family: Petauridae
- Genus: Petaurus
- Species: P. Breviceps
- and did you know that sugar gliders are also called Sugar bears and honey gliders the reason they are called sugar bears is because baby's when you first get them and are not bonded to you yet they will stand on there hind leg and crab (crabbing is the noise they make when they feel anxious or threatened) and in doing this they look like little bears, if they crab at you don't take it personally they are just not used to you yet are are scared of I mean if you had a big hand trying to grab you and pet you wouldn't you be scared of it too? I know I would!
Baby Sugar Gliders are called “Joeys” (just like Kangaroos) and they are about the size of a grain of rice when they are born!
They spend the first few weeks of their lives in their mother’s pouch (again, like a Kangaroo) – and fully-grown they are about 5-7 inches in length (not including their tail) and weigh about 6 ounces...
I took some of these fact from one of the pocket pet organization question and answer posts here is the link to the whole article:
I really like the pocket pet organization there website was the first one that came up when I first started researching about sugar gliders there are a lot of great articles on there, (I was not payed to say any of that, just my opinion☺️)
Here are some more pictures I found on google of sugar gliders
These white gliders with black eyes are called Leucistic
Also called a Black-Eyed White(BEW).
Oh My Gosh its wearing a dress😂 😂 😂 that it the cutest thing I've ever seen!!!
Well its Getting late so I better get off hope you all have a great night
Thanks for reading!
God Bless,
Harlie
