Sugar Gliders are flying mammals that appear in the Jungle Bunch Universe.
Appearance[]
The sugar glider is characterised by its gliding membrane, known as the patagium, which extends from its forelegs to its hindlegs, one on each side of its body. Gliding serves as an efficient means of reaching food and evading predators. The animal is covered in soft, pale grey to light brown fur which is countershaded, being lighter in colour on its underside.
Information[]
The sugar glider occurs in sympatry with the squirrel glider, mahogany glider, and yellow-bellied glider; and their coexistence is permitted through niche partitioning where each species has different patterns of resource use.[24]
They have a broad habitat niche, inhabiting rainforests and coconut plantations in New Guinea; and rainforests, wet or dry sclerophyll forest and acacia scrub in Australia; preferring habitats with Eucalypt and Acacia species. The main structural habitat requirements are a large number of stems within the canopy, and dense mid and upper canopy cover, likely to enable efficient movement through the canopy.[24]
Like all arboreal, nocturnal marsupials, sugar gliders are active at night, and they shelter during the day in tree hollows lined with leafy twigs.[25]
The average home range of sugar gliders is 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres), and is largely related to the abundance of food sources;[26] density ranges from two to six individuals per hectare (0.8–2.4 per acre).
Native owls (Ninox sp.)[15] are their primary predators; others in their range include kookaburras, goannas, snakes, and quolls.[23] Feral cats (Felis catus) also represent a significant threat.[15][23]
In the Universe[]
In Free Fall, 4 sugar gliders arriving at the big tree when their leader crashed into Batricia, they helped them rescue Batricia, and later spread the word about Edward.
In season 2, Sugar gliders lack their patagium example Chucky
Trivia[]
- Miguel calls them flying squirrels, They have very similar habits and appearance to the flying squirrel, despite not being closely related—an example of convergent evolution.