Sugar glider
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| phylum | Chordata | The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass. The common name refers to its preference for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel. The scientific name, Petaurus breviceps, translates from Latin as "short-headed rope-dancer", a reference to their canopy acrobatics.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | metatheria | |
| order | Diprotodontia | |
| family | Petauridae | |
| genus | Petaurus | |
| species | P. breviceps |
