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No species of possum is able to fly. In fact, no marsupial is able to fly.
However, there are many species of Gliders - small marsupials, similar to possums, which can glide between treetops. Varieties include the Sugar Glider, Feathertail Glider, Greater Glider, Squirrel Glider, Pygmy Glider and Yellow bellied Glider. As they launch, their forelimbs and hind limbs splay out, exposing gliding membranes which extend from the equivalent of their wrists to the knees, and allow them to glide between treetops and poles. Most species can glide up to 90 metres, while the squirrel glider has been recorded at 100m.
The only mammal capable of actual flight is the bat.
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Koalas do not fly. The only truly flying mammal is the bat. Koalas do not even have gliding membranes like the various gliding possum species have.
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birds, insects and bats are able to fly. (over 800,000 species of insects)
How bats are able to fly safely?
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Is there a male possum?
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Which possums are not nocturnal?
All possum species are nocturnal.
What is the root word meaning of possum?
be able
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There is not now, nor has there ever been, a species of possum called the white-tailed possum.
What is the Latin translation for I can fly if I try?
Possum volare si conor.
What are two types of adaptation that can benefit a species?
being able to fly and living in packs
What type of Possum lives in Victoria?
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