ANIMAL OVERVIEW

THE GENUS PETAURUS CONTAINS FLYING PHALANGERS OR WRIST-WINGED GLIDE ERS，A GROUP OF ARBOREAL POSSUMS NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, AND SURROUNDIN NDS.THEY ARE TYPICALLY NOCTURNAL，MOST BEING SMALL. THEY USE THE PATAGIUM TO GLIDE FROM TREE TO TREE BY JUMPING AND HOLDING OUT THEIR LIMBS SPREAD-EAGLE. ALL ARE OMNIVORES，AND EAT TREIE SAP ，GUM，NECTAR，POLLEN，AND INSECTS，
ALONG WITH MANNA AND HONEYDEW.