SPORTSMANS CREEK CONSERVATION AREA

Image of the world’s smallest marsupial gliding possum with a body length of 6.5-8cm. Also known as the Pygmy Sugar Glider they eat flowers, nectar, pollen and insects. Although found along the entire Eastern Seaboard it is a first time sighting for the Conservation Area. They glide up to 5 times an hour and can glide over 20 metres between tall trees.

I.D. courtesy of Dr. Greg Clancy

Further reference – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertail_Glider

Image –www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/Animals_Plants/…/Nocturnal-House/Feathertail-Glider/-