The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the world's smallest gliding mammal and is named for its long feather-shaped tail.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acrobates pygmaeus
- Cercartetus nana
- Cercartetus concinnus
- Graphiurus murinus
- Dromiciops gliroides
- Eliomys quercinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Acrobatidae
- Genus
- Acrobates
- Species
- Acrobates frontalis
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