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Belideus ariel by John Gould (1863) (Gould and Dixon 1975).Paterson, “ Flying Squirrels,” The Animals Noah Forgot (1933) Gliders of the Gum Trees: The Most Beautiful and Enchanting Australian Marsupials by David Fleay (1947).Gliders of Australia by David Lindenmayer (2002).Gliding Mammals of the World by Stephen Jackson (2012).Commonly kept as pets (Lindenmayer 2002).General discussion of gliders/possums, Aboriginal life and culture, and role in European settlement.
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Also see Kerle (2001), Chapter 2 Lindenmayer (2002), p.Regarded with suspicion in some regions of New Guinea (Flannery 1995).Fur used to decorate armlets and make string (Tindale as cited by Smith ).Food source (Tindale as cited by Smith ).Significance in Australian Aboriginal and New Guinea cultures.Followed European settlement of Port Phillip in southern Victoria.Sugar gliders introduced to Tasmania (Gunn 1851 Lindenmayer 2002 Campbell et al.Other lesser gliders described in the 1780s.First recorded observations of a sugar glider by Europeans (Jackson 2012).Indigenous names in New Guinea (Flannery 1995).Indigenous names used on Tiwi Islands (near Darwin, northern Australia) (Suckling 2008).Falangero planeador del azúcar (Spanish) (Jackson 2015a).
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