hello everybody..im new in this forum,please guide me if im wrongly posted a new thread here..
as far as i know, sugar glider are native to Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and the neighboring islands of Indonesia. Sugar gliders can be found in wooded forests where there is plenty of rainfall and where Acacia Gum and Eucalyptus trees are found, as in the wild, that is their main food source.
my question is, how would it be characterized physically according to their origin country?? because some of the breeder here claims that their joey are Australian breed which is rare here..most of glider here were originated from Indonesia..
anybody can enlight me? thanks in advance!
Re: How to differentiate Australian/Indonesian glider?
[Re: kapan]
#1115549 05/18/1103:46 AM05/18/1103:46 AM
Hi, I am new here too. I found a web site called S&S Gliders that have the Caramel colored Indonesian gliders. The lady talks about her travels over there and it is interesting to read about the gliders. Seems they are a new sub-species. Hope this helps.
Re: How to differentiate Australian/Indonesian glider?
[Re: kapan]
#1116094 05/19/1104:02 AM05/19/1104:02 AM
Check out that thread. Marz lives in australia, maybe you can send a PM with your questions!! That thread also shows pictures of some gliders from australia & they deff look different
btw janet, S&S is a mill breeder. I too read about her carmel gliders. Tyler (gliderboygliders) also has some as well.... there are a few threads about them, just use the search feature
There's only one type of sugar glider. But there are species of GLIDERS. For instance, white sugar gliders (leucistics) and standard grays are both sugar gliders, just different colors.
Then there are glider species.
Your sugar glider of course.
Feathertail Glider Natural Habitat: eastern seaboard of Australia
Squirrel Glider Natural Habitat: south-eastern Australia
Greater Glider Natural Habitat: southern Queensland, eastern Australia, southeastern New South Wales, and the montane forests of the Victorian central highlands.
Mahogany Glider: Natural Habitat: between Ollera Creek south of Ingham and Tully in North Queensland, Australia.
Yellow Bellied Glider Natural Habitat: altitudes over 700m above sea level. With natural discontinuities and habitat clearing there are 13 different populations in three distinct places to find this glider. One population resides on Mount Windsor Tableland, another on Mount Carbine Tableland, and the third lives in a linear habitat going from Atherton to Kirrama on the Atherton Tableland. These three populations together are estimated to contain around 6000 individual gliders. With their habitat in danger the Yellow-bellied Glider is classified as uncommon to rare and is named vulnerable to the tropics.
(Info gathered primarily from Wiki)
Re: How to differentiate Australian/Indonesian glider?
[Re: kapan]
#1121523 05/31/1101:44 AM05/31/1101:44 AM
There are different subspecies of sugar gliders. My own are Petaurus breviceps breviceps . I've lost count the times people from the US have told me I have squirrel gliders because they look different to the ones they own....
Re: How to differentiate Australian/Indonesian glider?
[Re: kapan]
#1121803 05/31/1104:01 PM05/31/1104:01 PM
Have any web links? I was looking for links to read about them.
You could probably find something but whether it's accurate or not is another thing. Wikipedia for instance lists the Petaurus breviceps biacensis as a sugar glider sub- species it is actually Petaurus biacensis - not a sugar glider at all. Their listing of the New Guinea glider subspecies is also incorrect but that's understandable as there has been less research there and even one author over the years has changed his listings as he researched gliders in PNG himself.
I tend to stay away from web references sticking mostly to research papers and text books for my information. They aren't always correct either but least it's not tainted by laymen adding thier own interpretations to things. Only drawback is the money I have spent of the 400+ books and magazines. My husband patiently keeps building me bookshelves
Re: How to differentiate Australian/Indonesian glider?
[Re: kapan]
#1121849 05/31/1104:59 PM05/31/1104:59 PM
So there are a total of 5 subspecies between the Australian and PNG/Indon gliders? So are they all mixed up in the US? Does anyone here know what subspecies of glider they own aside from Marz?