Greater Glider?

["Philip Veerman" <>]

One book I looked at says that the Yellow-bellied Glider has naked ears but I don't think you could pick that from the photo. Just from what you wrote about size and what it looks like on the photo would suggest it's a Greater Glider, assuming of course that you ruled out Common Brushtail Possum.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Susanne Gardiner [
Sent: Friday, 2 January 2015 2:45 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Greater Glider?

Hi 

No bird, but not too sure about this one:

I reckon it's a Greater Glider, but it seems to lack the fluffy ears.

It was on the grass outside our hut at Depot Beach last night. Seemed to be bigger than a normal size house cat and had a tail the length of my arm (60 - 70 cm) or 1.5 times its body size. 

The head seemed too small for the body size. It wasn't too fazed by us, but still decided to slowly go up a tree.

Anyone here who could give me a definite ID please? 

Sorry about the blurry photo. This was taken with a phone camera in torch light.

Thanks, 

Susanne