what is a greater sugar glider, i saw a pic of one and its cute, does anyone have one? how do they compare with sugar gliders? how big do they get? any other info on them would be helpful.

ah! the black and white animal? i never heard of em so i looked them up and umm some of the pix they look freaky. i hope sum1 gives u info cuz i'd like to learn about em to haha

ya don't they look cute though? i wonder if they would get along with gliders?

i um not really. i dunno they are not as cute as gliders. um they look a little big for regular gliders. honestly i would not put em together. They would prob eat ur glider.

maybe if you just had the greater glider it'd be okay. but who sells those?

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it looks like it has a shrunken head. i dunno. i dont even think u can buy them.

oh i wouldn't, i was just wondering, i have my hands full with my two girls as it is.

those are really wierd looking! i think they are a kind of squirrel?

oh i just looked at that link, thats not what i was talking about here is a link this is what i meant.
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There are several other types of gliders besides just sugar gliders. Greater glider is one, and there's also mahogany gliders, yellow bellied gliders, and a few others I can't remember.

As far as owning them... I'm pretty sure it's illegal to own greater gliders, at least in the U.S. I can't remember if they're legal in Australia or not, though.

No, you cannot purchase/own them here. Ko or Jett may be able to answer your questions about them a little better as they live in Australia and have lots of knowledge about them.

I found some info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Glider

http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife-gliders.php?page=w-gliders-greater.html

Greater gliders are very big-imagine a good sized cat or bigger. Jett and I saw them in the wild last year.

If there were any in the USA, they would be in a zoo facility only. They cannot be owned by the public and protected by laws.

Then what are those on thepetglider.com??? She says that they are squirrel gliders. They just look larger and more of a smokey grey color...

They are squirrel gliders she got from someone. I got to see them when I went and got my first pair of suggies I bought from her. They are really cute!

Do you mean she has flying squirrels? Some people do have those as pets.

There's a difference between flying squirrels and squirrel gliders. Squirrel gliders basically just look like a sugar glider, except they have really bushy tails, slightly more pointed ears and, I think a slightly different color.

does anyone have a link to a list of sugar glider species? it would be interesting to know all of them.

Yes- www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife-gliders.php?page=w-gliders-mahogany.html

All six gliders and their sounds and other info.

Jaclyn was thinking of a striped possum (black and white and big) that look like gliders but are not a type of glider- related to them though!

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Then what are those on thepetglider.com??? She says that they are squirrel gliders. They just look larger and more of a smokey grey color...

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I have a problem with these guys being called squirrel gliders..well not pure bred ones anyway. Squirrel gliders are large but very dainty..long thin faces, shaped ears and amazingly fluffy & long tails. One of the petglider.com's squirrel gliders even has a white tip which is not found in pure bred squirrel gliders here in Australia.

This one shows the gorgeous tail of a squirrel glider

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and some more squirrel gliders

and back to the original topic subject.. Greater Glider whose diet is primarily eucalyptus leaves just like the koala. See how big they are!That is a huge gum tree branch.

Here in South Ausralia were lucky to be able to keep Squirrel Gliders.:) Rach has 8 of them, and was able to source 3 for us. THANKS RACH! They are different to sugars, they are a lot bigger, more dosile and have a huge fluffy tail. Ya gotta love South Australian Fauna laws! ;)

that's it, I am moving to australia!!!

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that's it, I am moving to australia!!!

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Ya have to Move to South Austalia. It's the only state that lets you have them.

haha well fine... south australia it is! :)

looks kinda cute in that one. like an ewok or something. :)

Thats exactly what I thought!

Just imagine all of the scratches you would have after an animal like that crawled all over you.