Longevity may be up to 15 years in the wild (Nowak, 1999). In January, at about 600 g, the young is able to live independently. In November-December, when about 300 g, the young leaves its mother’s back and becomes more independent. The single offspring is nursed in the pouch until September, when the young glider emerges at 150 g to ride on its mother’s back. Development must be completed in the mother's pouch, rather than in the uterus, as it is in placental mammals. Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)Īs in all marsupials, the young are born highly altricial in most respects.Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male) 2 years.Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female).Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female) 2 years.Breeding season Breeding begins in March, and the young is born between April and June.gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate).After the weaning period, the proportion of the population that is male drops precipitously to 39% (Hand, 1990 Tyndale-Biscoe and Smith, 1969). Until weaning, approximately half of the offspring produced are male. Sexually maturity is reached at two years of age. In January it reaches the age of independence. The offspring rides in the mother’s pouch until September, suckling on one of the two teats, then rides on the mother’s back until November or December. Some males are monogamous while others are bigamous, although there is no paternal care given to the young (Nowak, 1999).īreeding season begins in March, and a single young is born between April and June. Males and females will normally share a den from the onset of breeding until the young emerge from the pouch (Strahan, 1995).
Average basal metabolic rate 3.191 W AnAge.The very long, dense fur is typically brownish-black, but can range from pure black with a creamy underside, to dusky browns and grays, cinnamon, red, yellow, and completely white (Grzimek, 1972 Troughton,1966). Color varies more than that of any other marsupial. The long, furred tail, which is not prehensile, is used as a rudder (Grzimek, 1972). The patagium, which is also covered with fur, extends from the knee to the elbow, (unlike the Petauridae, in which it extends from the ankle to the wrist), giving the glider a triangular shape when in the air (Berra, 1998). These marsupials have a short snout and large round ears covered by thick fur (Strahan, 1995). The head and body length is 300-480 mm and the tail is 450-550 mm long (Nowak, 1999). volans are about the size of a domestic cat, weighing 1-1.5 kg as adults. Females have a well-developed pouch and two mammae. Greater gliders are the largest of the gliding possums. A single glider may use 4-18 den sites (Incoll et al., 2001 Lindenmayer et al., 1993). They are most often found in sites containing many trees with hollows.
#GLIDER ANIMAL PATCH#
Greater gliders are associated with high basal areas of over-story, and they need large patch sizes of old-growth forest.
Patches of old growth must be at least 20 ha to sustain a population (Possingham, et al. Greater gliders are generally restricted to fairly expansive tall eucalyptus forests, and are never found in the rainforest (Grzimek, 1990). Greater gliders are found along the eastern coast of the Australian mainland, from eastern Queensland to southern Victoria (Nowak, 1999 Troughton, 1966).
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