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Casper (Albino Sugar Glider)

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Gliders and Their Cousins

Feeding Your Sugar Glider

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Lactose Intolerant?

Calcium Deficiency

Hygiene

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Species Within the Family Petauridae

Sugar gliders and their cousins

Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status
Dactylopsila
Dactylopsila megalura	Great-tailed Triok	Papua-New Guinea	Vulnerable
Dactylopsila palpator	Long-fingered Troik	Papua-New Guinea	Secure
Dactylopsila tatie	Tate's Troik	Fergusson Island, SE of Papua-New Guinea	Endangered
Dactylopsila trivirgata	Striped possum	North Queensland, Australia, Papua-New Guinea, Aru, Japen and Waigeo Islands	Secure

Petaurinae
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri	Leadbeater's possum	Central highlands of Victoria, Australia	Endangered
Petaurus abida	Northern glider	North coastal ranges, Papua-New Guinea	Vulnerable
Petaurus australis	Yellow-bellied glider	East Coast, Australia	Rare, limited
Petaurus biancensis	Biak glider	Irian Jaya, Biak-Supiori and Owl Islands, Australia, Papua-New Guinea	Secure
Petaurus breviceps	Sugar glider	Northeast, East and Southeast Australia, Tasmania, Papua-New Guinea, Numerous Islands in Indonesian chain	Secure
Petaurus gracilis	Mohogany glider	North Queensland, Australia (range limited to 130 X 5 km strip)	Endangered
Petaurus norfolcensis	Squirrel glider	East coast and Southwestern Australia to Northern Queensland	Rare

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