Petaurus

The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).

Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

The northern glider (Petaurus abidi) is found nowhere else on Earth.

Northern New Guinea montane rain forests 2008

The narrow strip of tall open forest is crucial for the conservation of the northern populations of three species of mammals that are restricted to this forest type, namely: yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis, brush-tailed bettong Bettongia penicillata (E) and swamp rat Rattus lutreolus.

Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008

Family Species Petauridae Petaurus biacensis* Pteropodidae Dobsonia emersa* Muridae Rattus jobiensis Muridae Uromys boeadii* Muridae Uromys emmae* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Biak-Numfoor rain forests 2008

The region is also the westernmost limit of the ranges of most pygmy-possums (Cercartetus spp.) and gliding possums (Petaurus spp. and Acrobates pygmaeus).

Naracoorte woodlands 2008

Petaurus australis, the yellow-bellied glider, another airborne marsupial.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Petaurus australis, the yellow-bellied glider, another airborne marsupial.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The genus Petaurus is also found in New South Wales, but not in the Island of Van Diemen's Land and the rest of the continent, but one of the species living there is also said to be an inhabitant of

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855

Petaurus should be used rather than Mr. Waterhouse's Belideus for this genus.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855

The flying squirrel (Petaurus sciureus) which was not different from that of the Hunter; and a Centropus phasianellus, (the swamp pheasant of Moreton Bay), were shot.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830