Petaurus notatus

1 Krefft’s Glider, formerly Sugar Glider at Kingston, ACT

Identification history

	Petaurus notatus	27 Sep 2025	DonFletcher
	Unverified	27 Sep 2025	Neil

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Adult female sugar glider without any visible puncture marks that I could see and no pinkies inside the pouch found on our front lawn in Kingston ACT All feral trees around Haven’t seen any in Kingston in 34 years being here but I have seen them in red hill and forest on mugga way Wondering if the high winds have caused it to become misplaced or there is a colony nearby

3 comments

DonFletcher wrote:

27 Sep 2025

Do you have a photo to upload Neil?

Neil wrote:

27 Sep 2025

I didn’t Don but I could dig it
up and take a picture of it
Is there a reason behind the photo? If for identification I have operated a business called act possum removal for nearly 20 years and I have dealt with quite a few colonies of sugar gliders at Cook, O’Connor, Aranda , Acton and red hill but never in Kingston
Were you the head biologist at parks and conservation about 25-30 years ago?
Neil

DonFletcher wrote:

27 Sep 2025

Ha ha Neil, not quite, but I was one of the five 'Senior Ecologists' until I retired in late 2016.

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Places Kingston, ACT

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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
Synonyms
Petaurus breviceps

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