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Feathertail Glider

Acrobates pygmaeus

Photo by jbergie13
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Field Notes

Description:

Feathertail glider is one of the smallest marsupials in Australia. It catapults itself fearlessly off branches and stretches the membrane between its limbs so that it floats/glides to its' next perch.

Habitat:

Tall wet eucalypt forests with a good understory to glide from.

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