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The Sugar Glider.

Mainly herbivore but also insectivore, marsupial and nocturnal. A small fellow that shows after dusk. Well I guess that's what nocturnal means. Climbs up the tree quite rapidly not unlike a squirrel and glides to another tree. It has a membrane of skin between all legs. It’s approach to the destination tree is rapid and the touchdown is hard.

We had quite a few Sugars until our neighbour decided to keep cats and now the population has been decimated. The Sugars do provide a useful service to the native trees. We have a parasitic mistletoe which drains the tree of moisture and nutrient and when it flowers the Sugars eat the flower and thus prevent this curse spreading.

Sugars are not known to many people. The picture is from the internet.