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title: "Yellow-bellied Glider"
description: "Petaurus australis — Mammals. The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis), also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-bellied-glider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-bellied Glider

> Petaurus australis — Mammals. The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis), also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.

- Scientific name: *Petaurus australis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 721
- Wikidata: [Q129838](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129838)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42729)

## Names

- en: Yellow-bellied Glider
- de: Großer Gleithörnchenbeutler
- es: Falangero Planeador Ventriamarillo
- nl: Grote suikereekhoorn

## Countries with the most observations

AU (549)

## Summary

The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis), also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_glider

## Photo

![Yellow-bellied Glider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-bellied-glider/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Gould · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petaurus_australis.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-bellied-glider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).