When was the sugar glider discovered?

Answer 1

Sugar gliders come from Australia (including its island state of Tasmania), Indonesia, and Papua-New Guinea. They were originally native to Australia, but easily spread to other northern islands.

Climatic conditions preferred by sugar gliders include rainforests and bushland (both wet and dry sclerophyll forest). They can adapt to cool-temperate climates, such as that found in Tasmania, and warmer, humid climates of northern Australia, but they are healthiest in drier bushland rather than moist rainforest.

Answer 2

The English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse (1810 - 1888). He first cataloged sugar gliders as the species "Petaurus breviceps" in 1839.

However, Pleistocene-era fossils of gliders have been found in Australia, so the early aboriginals probably discovered them many thousands of years ago.

Answer 3

Sugar gliders are native to Australia.