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greater glider
marsupial
Also known as: Schoinobates volans
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- In marsupial
The gliders have a membrane along either flank, attached to the forelegs and hind legs, that enables these arboreal animals to glide down from a high perch. A few marsupials—such as tree kangaroos, koalas, and some cuscuses—spend most of their lives in trees. The water opossum,…
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fauna of temperate forests
- In temperate forest: Fauna
…including gliders such as the greater glider (Petaurus volans) and opossums such as the common ringtail (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), which nests in holes, and the well-known koala (Phascolarctos cinerea), which is free-living and feeds mainly or entirely on young tree foliage.
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