| Krefft's glider Temporal range:
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| In Crater Lakes National Park, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Petauridae |
| Genus: | Petaurus |
| Species: | P. notatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Petaurus notatus Peters, 1859
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| Synonyms | |
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P. (Belideus) notatus, Peters 1859[1] | |
Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus) is a species of arboreal nocturnal gliding possum, a type of small marsupial. It is native to most of eastern mainland Australia and has been introduced to Tasmania.[2][3] Populations of Petaurus from New Guinea and Indonesia previously classified under P. breviceps are also tentatively classified under P. notatus by the American Society of Mammalogists, but likely represent a complex of distinct species.[4] As most captive gliders referred to as "sugar gliders" in at least the United States are thought to originate from West Papua, this likely makes them Krefft's gliders, at least tentatively.[5]
- ^ Peters, Hr. (1859). "Bericht über ein neues Flugbeutelthier, Petaurus (Belideus), aus dem südlichen Theile von Neuholland". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1859: 14–15.
- ^ Gunn, R.C. (1846). "In Minutes of the Tasmanian Society, July 2, 1845" (PDF). Tasmania Journal. 2 (11): 458–459.
- ^ Gunn, R.C. (1851). "On the introduction and naturalization of Petaurus sciureus in Tasmania". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of van Dieman's Land. 1: 253–255.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Campbell, Catriona D.; Pecon-Slattery, Jill; Pollak, Rebecca; Joseph, Leo; Holleley, Clare E. (2019-01-08). "The origin of exotic pet sugar gliders ( Petaurus breviceps ) kept in the United States of America". PeerJ. 7: e6180. doi:10.7717/peerj.6180. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6329365. PMID 30643698.