Like most of the wrist-winged gliders, the Squirrel Glider is endemic to Australia. It is about twice the size of the related Sugar Glider (P. breviceps). The Squirrel Glider eats mostly fruit and insects. They can glide up to 15 metres from tree to tree. They tend not to glide in captivity.

Similar species are the Sugar Glider and the Mahogany Glider.

References

External links

• Gliders in the Spotlight — Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland
• Keeping squirrel gliders in captivity (Marsupial Society)
• Elizabeth Ann Flaherty: Locomotor performance and cost of transport in the squirrel glider, Petaurus Norfolcensis (Petauridae) (pdf)