Sweet Suger Glider

The sugar glider is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family. They can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of mainland Australia, as well as the surrounding islands of Tasmania, Papua, New Guinea, and Indonesia. A sugar glider has a squirrel-like body with a long partially prehensile tail. The males are larger than the females, and their length from the nose to the tip of the tail is about 24 to 30 cm (12–13 inches, the body itself is approx. 5–6 inches). A sugar glider has a thick, soft fur coat that is usually blue-grey; some have been known to be yellow, tan, or albino. A black stripe is seen from its nose to midway of its back. Its belly, throat, and chest is a cream color.