sugar glider

Airborne pocket pet

A sugar glider is a small marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea, named for its taste for sweet foods and the membrane between its legs that allows it to glide between trees.

Sugar gliders are popular as exotic pets, though they require specialized care and are nocturnal and social animals that thrive in groups.

marsupial

pouch

Small flexible bag

wallaby · wombat · koala · opossum · quokka · bandicoot · bilby · numbat · marsupium · newborn

arboreal

canopy

Overhead protective covering

acacia · tree-dwelling · perch · climb · forest · woodland · foliage · habitat · bark · hollow

gliding

membrane

Thin tissue sheet

descent · leap · launch · land · stretch · spread · aerodynamic · distance · trajectory · steering

pet

companion

One who keeps company

  • cageBarred confinement structure
  • bondingForming close connections
  • exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming

feeding · treats · socialization · handling · enrichment · veterinary · nutrition · care · ownership · interaction

cute

adorable

Extremely endearing

  • fluffySoft and light-textured
  • tinyExtremely small in size
  • cuddlyPleasantly huggable

charming · endearing · lovable · precious · delightful · playful · soft · furry · whiskered · innocent

nocturnal

nighttime

Dark hours between dusk and dawn

barking · chirping · crabbing · foraging · active · alert · sleeping · hiding · twilight · dusk

Categories
Opposites
locomotion method

sugar gliderground squirrel

Burrowing rodent species

wombat · mole · naked mole rat · badger · groundhog

taxonomic distinction

sugar gliderflying squirrel

Membrane-winged gliding rodent

diet type

sugar gliderTasmanian devil

Carnivorous Australian island marsupial

numbat · shrew

Family

sugar, glide, sugary, sugars, sugared, glider, gliding, glides, glided

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G