ZooBorns — Glider

Feathertail Gliders Fill Their Nests at Taronga Zoo

Posted by Andrew Bleiman on

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Taronga Zoo is celebrating the breeding success of more than twenty Feathertail Gliders, one of the smallest mammals in the world.

Twelve different female adult Feathertail Glider’s fell pregnant at a similar time with the joeys, and the mothers now communally care for one another’s young.

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4_IMG_5183_CC_Hi_ResPhoto Credits: Taronga Zoo

The emergence of the joeys from their mother’s pouch typically occurs...

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