Species Petaurus gracilis (De Vis, 1883)

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External Links

• Belideus gracilis De Vis, C.W. 1883. Description of a new Belideus from Northern Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7: 619-620 [Apr. 1883] [619].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, N of Cardwell, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Petaurus gracilis (De Vis, 1883). —
  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] (as synonym of Petaurus norfolcensis)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, glider, low woodland, omnivore, sap-feeder, swamp.

General References

Jackson, S.M. 1999. Preliminary predictions of the impacts of habitat area and catastrophes on the viability of mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis populations. Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 56-62

Jackson, S.M. 2000. Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals. Mammal Review 30: 9-30

Jackson, S.M. 2000. Habitat relationships of the mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis and the sugar glider Petaurus breviceps. Wildlife Research 27: 39-48

Jackson, S.M. 2000. Home-range and den use of the mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis. Wildlife Research 27: 49-60

Jackson, S.M. 2000. Population dynamics and life history of the mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis and sugar glider Petaurus breviceps in North Queensland. Wildlife Research 27: 21-37

Jackson, S.M. 2001. Foraging behaviour and food availability of the mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis (Petauridae: Marsupialia). Journal of Zoology, London 253: 1-13

Jackson, S.M. & Claridge, A. 1999. Climatic modelling of the distribution of the mahogany glider and squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis, with implications for their evolutionary history. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 47-57

Jackson, S.M. & Johnson, C.N. 2002. Time allocation to foraging in the mahogany glider Petaurus gracilis (Marsupialia, Petauridae) and a comparison of activity times in exudivorous and folivorous possums and gliders. Journal of Zoology, London 256: 271-277

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

van Dyck, S. 1990. Belideus gracilis - soaring problem for an old De Vis glider. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 223-245

Van Dyck, S.M. 1995. Mahogany Glider Petaurus gracilis. pp. 232-233 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Warren, G.L. 1993. Conservation strategies for rare and threatened vertebrates of Australia's wet tropics region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34: 229-241

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Mahogany Glider)

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