Sugar Gliders are about 25 cm from nose to tail tip and weigh about 120 g.
They feed on insects and carbohydrates such as nectar, manna and sap.
Though nocturnal and not often seen, the Sugar Glider is widespread and in places quite common in the eucalypt forests and woodlands of eastern and northern Australia.
They move about by climbing trees and then gliding up to 90 m to another, rarely if ever coming to ground and, as this photo illustrates, are quite at home on vertical trunks of rough-barked trees.

Postscript: since posting this image, the Sugar Glider has been shown to consist of three different species. This one is now known as Krefft's Glider (Petaurus notatus), a species that is widespread in eastern Australia.