{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_profile_sugar_glider","category":"exotic-pet-profile","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_profile_sugar_glider\ncategory: exotic-pet-profile\ntitle: \"Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) — species profile (taxonomy, origin, lifespan, husbandry basics)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Animal Diversity Web (animaldiversity.org, University of Michigan) — species account Petaurus breviceps\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-profile-2026/sugar_glider.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Animal Diversity Web species account (Petaurus breviceps)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Animal Diversity Web (animaldiversity.org, University of Michigan)\"\n  title: \"Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) — species profile (taxonomy, origin, lifespan, husbandry basics)\"\n  url: \"https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Petaurus_breviceps/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"ADW species account Petaurus breviceps\"\n  doc_type: \"expert species account (.edu, compiled from primary literature)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) — species profile (taxonomy, origin, lifespan, husbandry basics)\nAuthoritative first-hand species account (Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan). All bullet facts are verbatim from the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n## Natural History & Origin\n- which can be found in the eucalyptus tree.\n- the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.\n## Habitat\n- Sugar gliders can live in forests of all types, given that there is an adequate food\n- forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount\n- Smith, A.P., (1982) Diet and feeding strategies of the marsupial sugar glider in temperate\n## Size\n- 120-320mm long and the tail has a length of 150-480mm.\n- usually have a litter size of 1-2, each of which weigh about 0.19 grams at birth.\n- Sugar gliders are extremely active animals that can glide up to 45 meters.\n## Lifespan\n- Since they have also been found to live insSouthern Australia, they must be able to\n- Sugar gliders held in captivity have been found to live up to 14 years.\n## Behavior & Social Structure\n- Groups of sugar gliders are mutually exclusive and territorial.\n- body weight, social dominance and scent marking in male marsupial sugar gliders.\n## Reproduction\n- In southeastern Australia, however, the young are born only from\n- Gestation usually lasts around 16 days.\n- The young first leaves the pouch after 70 days, and after about 111 days, they leave\n## Diet\n- Their diet also includes pollen, nectar,\n- and during the fall and winter months they feed on plant products, such as eucalyptus\n- animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently\n","sources":["exotic-pet-profile — Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) — species profile (taxonomy, origin, lifespan, husbandry basics) (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-profile","title":"Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) — species profile (taxonomy, origin, lifespan, husbandry basics)","url":"https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Petaurus_breviceps/","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Animal Diversity Web species account (Petaurus breviceps)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-profile-2026/sugar_glider.txt"},"source_document":"Animal Diversity Web species account (Petaurus breviceps)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-profile-2026/sugar_glider.txt","tokens_estimated":505,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}