The genus Petaurus contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal marsupials. There are six species, sugar glider, squirrel glider, mahogany glider, northern glider, yellow-bellied glider and Biak glider, and are native to Australia or New Guinea. Flying phalangers are typically nocturnal, most being small (sometimes aroun... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaurus