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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“One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)