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The name "Petaurus Breviceps," is the scientific name for the animal sugar glider. "Petaurus" is pronounced "pet-or-us." "Breviceps" is pronounced "breh-vee-seps."

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How do you spell the sugar glider's scientific name?

Petaurus Breviceps


What is the sugar gliders kingdom?

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Petauridae Genus: Petaurus Species: Petaurus breviceps


What is the family name for a sugar glider?

scientifically known as petaurus breviceps marsupial


Are there different types of a sugar glider?

Sugar Gliders have 7 sub-species. This includes Petaurus Breviceps Breviceps, Petaurus Breviceps Longicaudatus, Petaurus Breviceps Ariel, Petaurus Breviceps Papuanus, Petaurus Breviceps Tafa, Petaurus Breviceps Flavidus, and Petaurus Breviceps Biacensis.


What is the smallest animal in the order petaurus?

The smallest animal in the order Petaurus, which is an order in the possum family, is the sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps). It is not the smallest glider: that honour goes to the Feathertail glider, but the Feathertail is in the order Diprotodontia.


What is the scientific name for a greater glider?

The scientific name for the sugar glider is Petaurus breviceps The sugar glider is a small mammal, specifically a marsupial. Order: Diprodontia Family: Petauridae Genus Species: Petaurus (springboard used by acrobats) breviceps (short)


What is the scientific name of the sugar bear?

The sugar bear is not a bear, it is an opposum. For a long time it was called the sugar glider. I don't know when people started referring to it as the sugar bear. Its Latin name is Petaurus breviceps.


When was Gesomyrmex breviceps created?

Gesomyrmex breviceps was created in 2009.


When was Petroscirtes breviceps created?

Petroscirtes breviceps was created in 1836.


Are sugar gliders the only type of gliders?

No: There are actually six different species of glider found in Australia. They include:Yellow-bellied Glider - Petaurus australisSugar Glider - Petaurus brevicepsSquirrel Glider - Petaurus phalangerGreater Glider - Petaurioides volansFeathertail Glider - Acrobates pygmaeusMahogany Glider - Petaurus gracilis


What are the gliding marsupials?

The gliding marsupials are the gliders, and they are all members of the possum family. There are six different species of glider found in Australia. They include:Yellow-bellied Glider - Petaurus australisSugar Glider - Petaurus brevicepsSquirrel Glider - Petaurus phalangerGreater Glider - Petaurioides volansFeathertail Glider - Acrobates pygmaeusMahogany Glider - Petaurus gracilis


In which kingdom is a sugar glider?

Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaInfraclass:MarsupialiaOrder:DiprotodontiaFamily:PetauridaeGenus:PetaurusSpecies:P. breviceps