Greater Glider

Introduction A Greater Glider has big bushy ears, a long tail and has jet black fur. It can climb trees and in one glide it can go from tree to tree. A gliding membrane stretches from the elbow to the ankle. It likes to live alone and the male defends its territory fiercely. The Greater Glider mates with only one female during its life. The female only has one baby every year. The Greater Glider lives between 8 to 10 years. It is related to the Yellow Belled Glider. The Greater Glider is common in Australia. The largest of Australia's gliding possums is the Greater Glider.
	Location A Greater Glider is found in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and even in sub-tropical Queensland. The Greater Glider is quite common in the open forests of the tablelands.
Habitats Greater Gliders are found in forests areas. Its favorite tree is eucalypt.
	Diet Greater Gliders eat various eucalypt leaves, although they also lick nectar from gum blossoms. The Greater Glider does not normally need to drink any water, because they get it from the eucalyptus leaves.
Habits The Greater Glider is a silent animal, but marks out its own territory by leaving scent marks deposited from large anal glands.
	Communication The Greater Glider communicates to all gliders and possums. Their scent leaves a trail.
Size The Greater Glider's tail is 52.5 cm long. Its head and body size is 40.0cm long. Weight A Greater Gliders weight is 1.3 kg.
	What they look like? The Greater Glider has a head that looks like a bear's head. It has big ears and a long tail. It's the largest of all the Gliders. Its fur is shaggy and is a dark grey brown to creamy white in colour.
What their feet look like. The Greater Glider's feet are the same as a Ring-Tail's back feet. If you look beside you can see their skeletons.
	Breeding and nesting The Greater Glider has one young every year. If it has two young, only one will survive. The female only mates once. It stays with the male for its whole life. It breeds from March through to June.
How can you tell if a Greater Glider is a girl or a boy? A male has an external penis and a girl has a pouch.

A postage stamp with the Greater Glider on it.	Interesting facts * Their scientific name is Schoinobates Volants. * In the winter the Greater Glider sleeps high up in a hollow tree. * During the night the Greater Glider eats. Did you know that the Greater Glider sleeps all day long? * It is hard to believe that the Greater Glider has more then 100 bones in its skeletons. The Greater Glider's bones are similar to other animal's bones and their teeth are similar to other animal's teeth as well. * You would think that the Greater Glider and the Yellow Bellied Glider had the same fur, but it does not, it has fur that is quite different.
Predators The Powerful Owl is the Greater Glider's predator. The Powerful Owl will only leave two parts behind which is the bottom and the tail which will be left in the tops of the trees.
	All about the baby Glider When the baby Greater Glider is born, the baby stays in the mother's pouch. After about four months the mother lets it out of her pouch and the baby Greater Glider climbs on her back. The baby will stay there until the baby is big enough to go and live by itself, then it will mate with another Greater Glider.
How big are the babies? When the babies are born, they are the size of a kidney bean, which means that the baby is very small.