The last couple of inches of the tail are also black. The eyes are dark and large. The ears are large, erect and hairless. They have five fingers on the front hands and four toes and a large, flattened, opposable big toe on the hind feet. Females have a pouch in roughly the area one would expect to find a navel on a placental mammal.
Mature males have a bald spot in the middle of their forehead and another on their chest.
These are scent glands. Sugar gliders have a gliding membrane called a patagium that allows them to glide from one tree to another. Country of origin Australia and Indonesia. Diet in the wild Sap and gum from various species of eucalyptus and insects and small vertebrates. A selection of fresh fruits each evening along with a good quality dried cat food.