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Petaurus notatus

Krefft’s Glider, Sugar Glider at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Petaurus notatus	23 Apr 2022	michaelb
Petaurus notatus duplicate	25 Nov 2021	DonFletcher
Petaurus notatus	25 Nov 2021	MichaelMulvaney

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Photographed by Will Osborne. He found the dead sugar glider near the edge of the new Ginninderry to Sheppard's Lookout walking track (just 15 m from where the new track meets the existing Shepherds Lookout track).

3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 Nov 2021

Don can you remind me again is Krefts just another name for breviceps and should I merge the breviceps and notates records together?

Thanks Michael

DonFletcher wrote:

25 Nov 2021

Hi Michael, the two look the same but their DNA is different. West of the Great Dividing Range they are Kreffts (notatus) and to the east they are Sugars (breviceps) . So the taxonomists have said.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 Nov 2021

Thanks Don - bloody genetics complicating things.

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