Also called the Lesser Glider or Sugar Squirrel, this mid-sized glider is widely distributed across northern Australia, down the eastern and southern coasts and into Tasmania. With a head and body length of up to 21cm, they can glide (volplane) for at least 50m.

Highly social animals, they live in tree hollows. Their diet is somewhat specialised as they prefer the sap and gum of particular eucalypts and acacias, and some invertebrates.

Breeding takes place in August to September, with the young (usually two) remaining in the pouch for just over two months.