Sugar Glider

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An increasingly popular domestic pet around the world, sugar gliders are best known for their flying-squirrel-like ability to glide. Unlike true flying squirrels, sugar gliders are actually marsupials and one of several species of gliding possum. The species’ name comes from its omnivorous sugary diet, which supplements various protein sources with sweet tree sap in the wild and various fresh fruits in captivity. They are approximately 12 inches from nose to tail tip, a little over half the length being their partially-prehensile tail. Sugar gliders originate from eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.