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Yellow-bellied glider

Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791

VUVulnerablemarsupials

The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) is a species in the family Petauridae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 572.5 g to 575 g and live up to 15 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-bellied glider

Weight
575 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
15 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
16 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.12 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the yellow-bellied glider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The yellow-bellied glider is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the yellow-bellied glider?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis), also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-bellied glider” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-bellied_glider&oldid=1373474405), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-bellied glider endangered?

The yellow-bellied glider is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-bellied glider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPetauridae
  6. genusPetaurus
  7. SpeciesPetaurus australis Shaw, 1791

Synonyms Petaurus australis australis, Petaurus australis reginae

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • vakoveverka žlutobřicháCzech
  • Großer GleithörnchenbeutlerGerman
  • Falangero Planeador VentriamarilloSpanish
  • keltapussikiitäjäFinnish
  • Keltavatsapussiliito-oravaFinnish
  • Phalanger du SudFrench
  • オオフクロモモンガJapanese
  • GulbuksveverNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grote SuikereekhoornDutch
  • LotopałankaPolish
  • lotopałanka żółtobrzuchaPolish
  • Planador-de-Barriga-AmarelaPortuguese
  • Большая сумчатая летягаRussian
  • yabunaruxdk

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-bellied glider

Other species in the same genus Petaurus.

LC, Least Concern

Biak glider

Petaurus biacensis

PetauridaeNo free photo yet

CR, Critically Endangered

Northern glider

Petaurus abidi

PetauridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-bellied glider?

An adult yellow-bellied glider weighs 575 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the yellow-bellied glider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yellow-bellied glider for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the yellow-bellied glider endangered?

The yellow-bellied glider is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the yellow-bellied glider live?

The yellow-bellied glider has a recorded lifespan of 15 years.

What kind of animal is the yellow-bellied glider?

The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) belongs to the family Petauridae in the order Diprotodontia.

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_bellied_glider_2026,
  title = {Yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bellied-glider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}