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Scientific name: Petauroides volans

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Habitat and ecology

• Feeds exclusively on eucalypt leaves, buds, flowers and mistletoe.
• Shelters during the day in tree hollows and will use up to 18 hollows in their home range.
• Occupy a relatively small home range with an average size of 1 to 3 ha.
• Give birth to a single young in late autumn or early winter
• Usually solitary, though mated pairs and offspring will share a den during the breeding season
• Read more: https://threatenedspecies.bionet.nsw.gov.au/profile?id=20306

Contact SHLN for more details: coordinator@shln.org.au