View Ferret Vs Sugar Glider. Sugar gliders are a popular exotic pet due to their small size and cute appearance. Sugar gliders often refered to as flying squirrels are actually marsupials found mostly in australia.
From their preference for sweet foods to the ability of gliding, sugar gliders are really interesting animals.
Whereas, squirrels are closer to flying lemurs. The sugar glider (petaurus breviceps) is a small arboreal marsupial that is found in the forests of australia, as well as in tasmania, new guinea, and the the sugar glider's head and body measures five to six inches with a bushy tail of equal length. Big eyes, a white belly, and a thin piece of skin stretched between their arms and legs, a trait which helps them glide and remain stable when leaping from high places. They are social animals, with colonies of 6 to 10 animals occupying.
