Species profile—Petaurus australis australis (yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies))
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders) → Petaurus australis australis (yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies))
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Petauridae (Striped Possum and Wrist-winged Gliders)
- Scientific name
- Petaurus australis australis Shaw, 1791
- Common name
- yellow-bellied glider (southern subspecies)
- Type reference
- Shaw, G. (1791). The Naturalist's Miscellany: or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature. London: Nodder Vol. 2 [Mar. 1791] [text to pl 60]
- WildNet taxon ID
- 875
- Alternate name(s)
- fluffy glider
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=875.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
