It is a small gliding possum. The sugar glider has short fur and a long bushy tail with a white tip. It has webs of skin between its front and back legs which it stretches out so it can glide from tree to tree. They are found in forests and woodlands in the Northern Territory, Cape York, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania.
Sugar gliders live in nests in hollow tree branches.
Food Sugar gliders like to eat sweet things like blossoms, nectar, pollen, insects, and sap from trees.