Sugar glider

SUGAR GLIDER Annette Romo

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Scientific Name Range Diet Physical description, size, weight, length etc. Breeding info: Eggs, Live young, number of

young etc. Special Behaviors or unique anatomical features Weird Info Video, sound file, or graph of animal Conclusion

Scientific Name

Petaurus Breviceps

Range

Northern island

Australia

Indonesia

Shelter in tree hollows

Diet Eat big variety of

foods The name doesn’t

necessarily means it eats all sugar

Many insects make up a large portion of its diet

Omnivore/Insectivore

Acacia gum and eucalyptus sap is a large portion of its diet when season

Physical description, size, weight, length etc.

Squirrel like bodies

Thick soft fur

Males have a bald spot

Tail is usually 24-30 cm

Breeding info: Eggs, Live young, number of young etc.

Will breed once or twice a year.Joey’s will crawl into the mother’s pouch for full development While Joey is inside the Mother’s pouch, it can still.

Special Behaviors or unique anatomical features

Nocturnal

Awake around dusk

Usually bond with one person

White gloves scare them

Weird Info

Need at least 75% of fruits and vegetables in there diet Mother sugar gliders hold their babies up to 10 weeks Can smell with their tongues

Video, sound file, or graph of animal

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/sugar-glider-kids.html

Conclusion

Thank you for watching my presentation! I learned a lot about the sugar glider. THE END