The world’s gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are more than 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America, the scaly-tailed flying squirrels from central Africa and the gliding possums of Australia and New Guinea.
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Superorder: | Australidelphia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Acrobates pygmaeus
Petaurus abidi
Petaurus australis
Petaurus biacensis
Petaurus breviceps
Petaurus gracilis
Petaurus norfolcensis
Petauroides volans
Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Biswamoyopterus biswasi
Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel
Petaurista elegans
Lord Derby’s Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus