33+ Sugar Glider Anatomy. The sugar glider (petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass. Sugar gliders are marsupials which means the young are born very immature and grow in a pouch for 60 to 70 days on the mother's abdomen (like a kangaroo or opossum).
Sugar gliders are a popular exotic pet due in part to their small size and cute, yet unusual, appearance.
Sugar gliders are actually marsupials and evolved on a different continent from the flying squirrel. They are sold in the united states commercially as pets, though they are illegal in some states. Sugar gliders, petaurus breviceps, join flying squirrels and flying lemurs as the only living gliding mammals. The lower gums actually retract from around the teeth allowing for the glider to bite into the bark of trees.