reproduction

the gestation period for a sugar glider is about 16 days. there are usually about one to two, and very rarely three gliders born. the weight of them is about .19 grams. after the sixteen or so days, they are still very very small, and even hairless. when they are born, they make their way to the mothers pouch, seeing as how they are marsupials. they will stay there for about two months, and after that period if time, they slowly emerge to the world and become an adult sugar glider.

Integumentary System (skin)

A Sugar Gliders skin, or fur, is comparable to mink fur.
Very soft and smooth with a black stripe that runs the full length of the body
in line with the spine. the stripe extends up and over the top of the head. gliders also
have dramatic black markings on it body, head, and legs as well. Sugar Gliders live mostly in
Australia, so their fur makes them very hot, but lots of sweat glands throughout their
body keep them cool. they dont come out very much during the hotter hours because their nocturnal anyways.

External Features

Classification

Kingdom Animalia

• has cellular characteristics, like DNA inside a nucleus

Subkingdom Metazoa

Pylum Chordata ( some traits in chordata are only prenatal )

• has gill-like structures called pharyngeal slits
• has a dorsal nerve cord
• has a notocord
• has a tail

Class Mammalia

• offspring are not born with a true placenta, less developed
• offspring are not well developed at birth
• offspring are born into a marsupium (pouch inside the mothers belly)
• Bifid (duplicate) reproductive organs
• more teeth present than in placental animals

Order Marsupialia

Family Petauridae

• arboreal (live in trees)
• most native to Australia and surrounding lands

Genus Petaurus

Species Breviceps

• the Sugar Glider