sugar glider noun2 •Any of the species Petaurus breviceps of omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupials, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.As with other exotic pets, sound husbandry is essential for captive sugar gliders to flourish. — 2003 •(informal, nonstandard) Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus). formssugar gliders
