Diet of the Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in north Queensland.

Abstract

The diet of the Yellow-bellied Glider was studied at Herberton in north Queensland by faecal analysis. The Glider was found to consume a variety of arboreal arthropods, principally tree crickets, adult and larval beetles, caterpillars and spiders. The bulk of the diet was thought to consist of exudates including eucalypt sap, eucalypt nectar and to a lesser extent insect honey dew. Some aspects of the life history of this species are consistent with a high sap, low arthropod (and hence protein) diet.