The squirrel glider (not to be confused with the sugar glider) is currently listed as Lower Risk (near threatened).

The native predators of the squirrel glider are owls, kookaburras and snakes. Quolls also prey on squirrel gliders.

Since the time European settlement began in Australia, enemies of the squirrel glider have increased to include instroduced foxes, cats and dogs. People are a threat as they cut down the gliders' habitat.

• kangaroo and wallaby
• wallaroo and rock wallaby
• potoroo and bettong
• sugar glider and squirrel glider

Sugar Gliders are Marsupials and are a member of the Petauridae family; there are 11 species that belong to this family. The members of this family consist of possums which are the closest relatives of the sugar gliders except for perhaps other types of gliders.

The most immediate relatives are the five other gliders, also native to Australia. These include the Lesser glider, Greater glider, Squirrel glider, Mahogany glider (endangered) and Feathertail glider.