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title: "Greater Glider"
description: "Petauroides volans — Mamíferos. The southern greater glider (Petauroides volans), also known as the southern and central greater glider, is a species of large gliding marsupial native to the forests of southeastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/greater-glider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Glider

> Petauroides volans — Mamíferos. The southern greater glider (Petauroides volans), also known as the southern and central greater glider, is a species of large gliding marsupial native to the forests of southeastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Petauroides volans*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2367
- Wikidata: [Q668004](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668004)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42783](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42783)

## Names

- en: Greater Glider
- de: Südlicher Großflugbeutler
- es: Falangero Planeador Grande Meridional
- nl: Reuzenkoeskoes
- pl: Wolatucha wielka

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2165)

## Summary

The southern greater glider (Petauroides volans), also known as the southern and central greater glider, is a species of large gliding marsupial native to the forests of southeastern Australia. It is an endangered species per the IUCN Red List classification, and since 5 July 2022 has also been listed as endangered under the EPBC Act in Australia. The main threats to its survival are climate change and logging.

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

## Photo

![Greater Glider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-glider/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147952993

## Machine access

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