All of Australia's gliders are found in Queensland.
Photo: Steve Parish Publishing
All six species of Australian glider are found in Queensland, five of them in the south-east of the State.
They range in size from the tiny Feathertail glider, which can sit in a child's hand, to the solitary and regionally vulnerable Greater glider.
Click on the links on the left to find out more about Queensland's gliders.
Find out about Wildlife Queensland's Gliders in the Spotlight program.
For more information on Wildlife Queensland's activities, contact us by email
or call +61 7 3221 0194.
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland December 2005
Acknowledgements:
Yellow-bellied, Sugar and Squirrel Glider Sound Files: Copyright © David Stewart - Nature Sound
Mahogany Glider Sound Files: Copyright © Daryl Dickson - Wildcard Art
Maps: Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia, GeoScience Australia
Species Distribution Data: Feathertail Glider: Simon Ward; Greater Glider: George McKay; Squirrel Glider: Rodney van der
Ree; Sugar Glider: Graeme Suckling; Mahogany Glider: Steve Jackson; Yellow-bellied Glider: Ross Goldingay