There are many different types of Gliding possum, sometimes referred to simply as gliders:
Australian gliders
- Feathertail Glider or pygmy gliding possum, Acrobates pygmaeus
- Greater Glider, Petauroides volans
- Mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis
- Squirrel Glider, Petaurus norfolcensis
- Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps
- Yellow-bellied Glider or fluffy glider, Petaurus australis
New Guinea gliders
- Biak Glider, Petaurus biacensis
- Northern Glider, Petaurus abidi
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“How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
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—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)