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Species Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792)

Southern Greater Glider

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Folivore, glider, nocturnal, open forest, tall open forest, temperate, tropical.

 

General References

Comport, S.S., Ward, S.J. & Foley, W.J. 1996. Home ranges, time budgets, and food tree use in a high density tropical population of greater gliders, Petauroides volans minor (Pseudocheiridae, Marsupialia). Wildlife Research 23: 401-419

Foley, W.J., Hume, I.D. & Cork, S.J. 1989. Fermentation in the hindgut of the greater glider (Petauroides volans) and the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) - two arboreal folivores. Physiological Zoology 62: 1126-1143

Henry, S.R. 1984. Social organization of the Greater glider (Petauroides volans) in Victoria. pp. 221-228 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Hume, I.D., Foley, W.J. & Chilcott, M.J. 1984. Physiological mechanisms of foliage digestion in greater glider and ringtail possum (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae). pp. 247-251 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Hume, I.D., Foley, W.J. & Chilcott, M.J. 1984. Physiological mechanisms of foliage digestion in the greater glider and ringtail possum. pp. 247-251 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Kehl, J. & Borsboom, A. 1984. Home range, den tree use and activity patterns in the Greater glider, Petauroides volans. pp. 229-236 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Kerle, A. 2001. Possums: The Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider. Sydney : University of NSW Press.

McKay, G.M. 1995. Greater Glider Petauroides volans. pp. 240-241 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

McQuade, L.R. 1985. B-chromosome systems in the greater glider (Petauroides volans volans) (Marsupialia: Petauridae). I B-chromosome distribution. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 38: 189-195

Murray, J.D., McKay, G.M. & Sharman, G.B. 1979. Studies on metatherian sex chromosomes. IX. Sex chromosomes of the greater glider (Marsupialia: Petauridae). Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 32: 375-386

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
23-Aug-2021 Petauroides Thomas, 1888 04-Sep-2024 MODIFIED
29-Oct-2010 29-Oct-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)