Krefft’s Glider, formerly Sugar Glider at Campbell, ACT
Identification history
| Petaurus norfolcensis | 25 Sep 2016 | SilkeSma |
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User's notes
Total length from nose to tip of tail was 38cm. I couldn't find out how this one had died, no obvious injuries.
3 comments
MurrayEvans
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
Sugar gliders and squirrel gliders can be difficult to tell apart in a photo like this, but it is most likely to be the more abundant sugar glider. Body measurements might have enabled a more confident identification of species.
SilkeSma
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
Hang on, going to dig it up from the compost again.....Ok, body 17cm, tail 21cm. Oh, the lengths we biologists go to......
Location information
- Coordinates 149.157052-35.281089
- Places Campbell, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2016 05:56 PM Recorded on
- SilkeSma Recorded by
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Additional information
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Petaurus notatus Scientific name
- Krefft’s Glider, formerly Sugar Glider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 953m Recorded at altitude
- 124 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Petaurus breviceps
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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