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Is a sugar glider a squirrel?

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No. Sugar gliders are not even remotely related to squirrels except that both species are mammals. They are quite different.
Sugar gliders are marsupials, and members of the possum family. They are native to Australia.
Flying squirrels are placental mammals, and members of the rodent family. There are no squirrels, flying or otherwise, in Australia.

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