Biak glider
{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}
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| name = Biak glider{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 55}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Petaurus
| species = biacensis
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| range_map = Biak_Glider_area.png
| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#C73533|range|outline=gray}}
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The Biak glider (Petaurus biacensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is endemic to the Schouten Islands in the western region of Papua Province, Indonesia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider); there is still uncertainty regarding its status as a distinct species.
The Biak glider ranges in length from {{cvt|130|–|150|mm|sigfig=2}} and in weight from {{cvt|79–100|g|sigfig=2}}.{{cite news|last=Di Qual|first=Adrian|date=15 December 2008|title=Gliders @ UNSW - Biology and Conservation|publisher=The University of New South Wales}}
Distribution
Biak, Supiori and Owi isles.Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World: Taxonomic Browser : [http://www.vertebrates.si.edu/msw/mswcfapp/msw/taxon_browser.cfm?msw_id=553 Petaurus biacensis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810214728/http://www.vertebrates.si.edu/msw/mswcfapp/msw/taxon_browser.cfm?msw_id=553|date=2014-08-10}}; Smithsonian Institution
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140810214728/http://www.vertebrates.si.edu/msw/mswcfapp/msw/taxon_browser.cfm?msw_id=553 Taxonomic status] MSW - Current as of November 16, 2005 - Retrieved 07:58, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
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Category:Marsupials of New Guinea
Category:Endemic fauna of the Biak–Numfoor rain forests
Category:Least concern biota of Oceania
Category:Mammals described in 1940
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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