sugar glider

Definitions

1. Any of species Petaurus breviceps of omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupials, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.
2. Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus).
   colloquial, nonstandard

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Examples

“As with other exotic pets, sound⟳ husbandry is essential for captive sugar gliders to flourish.”

“As in the eastern pygmy possum (van Tets and Hulbert 1999), this is reflected in a very low nitrogen requirement in sugar gliders (Smith and Green 1987), and probably all sap feeders.”

“The animals on the cover⟳ of Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS are sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps). Sugar gliders are small, gray-furred creatures that grow⟳ to an adult length of six to seven-and-a-half inches.[…]This ensures that of the group will know⟳ when an outsider approaches; group members will fight⟳ off any sugar glider not bearing their scent.”

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