Facts:
The scientific name for the yellow bellied glider is Petaurus australis. It can also be called the fluffy glider The gliding membrane stretches from the fifth finger of the hand to the ankle The yellow bellied glider can glide over 100 m Their loud calls can be heard from up to 500 meters away. The glider glides from tree to tree. Breeding: Births occur throughout the year, with a peak in winter months. Females give birth to a single young annually with only one known record of twins. Young remain in the pouch for up to 100 days, are then transferred to a den where they remain for about 50 days before beginning to survive in the wild. Follow This Link to Find The Yellow Bellied Glider Call: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnzGlC0Pmfo |
DietThe yellow bellied glider eats insects, pollen, nectar, honey dew, manna and tree sap. It gets the tree sap by biting a 'V' shape wedge into the
bark. It usually bites the bark on the trunks or upper
branches of the trees.
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HabitatThe yellow bellied glider loves to live in the dry sclerophyll forests. It loves tall eucalyptus trees and lives in the hollows of the trees. These trees may take a minimum of 100 years to turn hollow. The yellow bellied glider is running out of places to live because of habitat loss and fragmentation.
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ThreatsThe gliders suffer from habitat loss from cutting down trees for paper and to make room for cattle. Cats and dogs attack and kill yellow bellied gliders. They can get caught in barbed wire fences. Habitat fragmentation can affect yellow bellied gliders as they have only a small area to live and also yellow bellied gliders can’t breed with each other because they can’t reach each other. These are the main threats to this species.
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