0
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the name for a possum in South America?
* Leadbeater's possum * Ringtail possum * Brushtail possum * Pygmy possum * Feathertail glider * Greater glider * Lesser glider * Sugar glider * Cuscus
Why are sugar gliders named sugar gliders?
Sugar gliders are actually a type of possum. The "sugar" part of the name comes from the fact that they love sugary foods, while the "glider" part references their ability to glide through the air.
What is the name for the sugar glider's babies?
A baby sugar glider is a joey. This is the name given to the young of all marsupials.
What is the membrane called on a sugar glider?
whats the name of the membrane on a suger glider
What is another name for a flying phalanger?
Sugar glider Sugar bear
What kind of animal is a Pygmy glider?
"Pygmy glider" is another name for the smallest species of glider, the Feathertail Glider. Like all gliders, it belongs to the possum family (which is different from the 'opossum' family), and so it is a marsupial.
What is a gliders?
A glider is a light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult. A glider is also a species of small possum, native to Australia. As its name suggests, it is capable of gliding through the air.
How do you spell the sugar glider's scientific name?
Petaurus Breviceps
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 name of the pouch sugar gliders have?
Any marsupial's pouch (including that of the sugar glider) is called a marsupium.
What is the family name for a sugar glider?
scientifically known as petaurus breviceps marsupial
What is the name of a flying mammal?
The only mammal capable of free flight is the bat. There are many glider species, such as the sugar glider, pygmy possum, greater glider, etc, which do not fly. They are equipped with membranes extending from their "wrists" to their "ankles" which extend and enable the glider to glide between tree tops.
