A sugar glider (Petaurus Breviceps) is a small nocturnal marsupial possum. The word Petaurus means "tightrope walker" or "rope dancer", and Breviceps means "short head." Sugar Glider belong to a group called phalangers meaning "fingery-one."
Adult sugar glider's head and body measure about 5 to 6 inches with a tail of equal length. An adult male's weight ranges between 4 and 5.5 ounces(115-160 grams). An female's weight ranges between 3.25 and 4.8 ounces (95-135 grams). Sugar Glider's have lager protruding eyes set on the side of their face to allow for wider field of vision. They have fairly large hairless ears that are constantly in motion, moving independently of each other like radar dishes to pick up the smallest sounds.
They are found in the tree tops of Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea. Sugar Gliders are so named because they like sweet foods and have a gliding membrane similar to a flying squirrel.