What does a sugar glider look like?

Answer 1

Sugar gliders belong to the possum family. They vary from 27cm to 40cm in length, with much of that being their bushy tail. They do not have wings, but a membrane of skin stretching from the wrists of their forelegs to their ankles. This membrane extends to enable them to glide distances of up to 60 metres.

The fur of sugar gliders is bluish-grey, although individuals may have more tan tones. They have a black stripe which goes from their nose, over their head, to their back, and the tip of their tail is black also. They have large black eyes, encircled with a dark ring. Their underbelly tends to be a pale cream colour. There can also be albino sugar gliders.

Female sugar gliders have a pouch, as they are marsupials.

Answer 2

Climatic conditions preferred by sugar gliders include rainforests and bushland (both wet and dry sclerophyll forest). They can adapt to cool-temperate climates, such as that found in Tasmania, and warmer, humid climates of northern Australia, but they are healthiest in drier bushland rather than moist rainforest.

Sugar gliders shelter in tree hollows.

Answer 3

It looks like a gray and black flying chipmunk with giant brown eyes, a cute fluffy tail, and a set of little glider 'wings'