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Sighting 4409933

Petaurus notatus

Krefft’s Glider, formerly Sugar Glider at Coree, ACT

Petaurus notatus at Coree, ACT - 23 Nov 2021 10:21 AM
Petaurus notatus at Coree, ACT - 23 Nov 2021 10:21 AM
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Petaurus notatus 23 Apr 2022 MichaelBedingfield
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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