Sugar Gliders are gentle creatures and don't bite if they are NOT bothered. Though, if bitten you should have a first aid kit with you in case it's serious. If it's bleeding put a band-aid on it and get out of the forest.
Some sugar gliders "nibble" to test things.
Others bite only when they're scared and feeling threatened.
When first handling your Sugar Glider, or handling a more aggressive Glider, I recommend wearing thick work gloves. This gets the glider used to being handled without you getting hurt.
If threatened they will defend themselves but mostly they will just run
The sugar glider is a marsupial
Sugar bears are actually Sugar Gliders. In fact, the name Sugar Bears is only given to them by a known sugar glider mill-broker. Onto your question, sugar gliders don't truly seem to claw in the way that a cat does, but they can bite. Some, in fact, bite often and hard enough to draw blood.
A female sugar glider.
A female sugar glider.
Sugar gliders are not dangerous at all. They can bite, but not on purpose. If they do, it will only hurt like someone poking you with a dull toothpick.
Get an e-collar on the sugar glider to prevent the glider from self-mutilating, and then rush the sugar glider to an exotic vet immediately.
The sugar glider live in the canopy .
There is no specific species known as a "little sugar glider".However, the conservation status of the sugar glider is common.
The sugar glider's conservation status is "common".
In its natural habitat of Australia, the sugar glider is quite common.
They will let out a little crab -- or a big crab, if they're really unbonded to you. They might also bite, again in unbonded.
There are no other names for sugar gliders. There are, however, five other varieties of glider which are related to sugar gliders. These include the Feathertail glider, Mahogany glider, Greater glider, Yellow-bellied glider and Squirrel glider. People have made up names for sugar gliders such as "sugar babies" and "honey gliders", but these and other similar names are not legitimate names for sugar gliders.