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==Distribution and habitat== Sugar gliders are distributed in the coastal forests of southeastern [[Queensland]] and most of [[New South Wales]]. Their distribution extends to altitudes of 2000m in the eastern ranges. In parts of its range, it may overlap with [[Krefft's glider]] (''P. notatus'').<ref name="Cremona-2020" /><ref name="smith(73)">{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Meredith J.|date=13 June 1973|title=Petaurus breviceps|journal=Mammalian Species|issue=30|pages=1β5|doi=10.2307/3503785|jstor=3503785|s2cid=254011903 }}</ref> The sugar glider occurs in [[sympatry]] with the [[squirrel glider]] and [[yellow-bellied glider]]; and their coexistence is permitted through [[niche partitioning]] where each species has different patterns of resource use.<ref name=Jackson(2k)>{{cite journal|last1=Jackson|first1=Stephen M.|title=Habitat relationships of the mahogany glider, ''Petaurus gracilis'', and the sugar glider, ''Petaurus breviceps''|journal=Wildlife Research|date=2000|volume=27|issue=1|pages=39|doi=10.1071/WR98045}}</ref> Like all arboreal, nocturnal marsupials, sugar gliders are active at night, and they shelter during the day in tree hollows lined with leafy twigs.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wormington|first1=K|last2=Lamb|first2=D|last3=McCallum|first3=H|last4=Moolooney|first4=d|title=Habitat requirements for the conservation of arboreal marsupials in dry sclerophyll forests of southeast Queensland, Australia|journal=Forest Science|date=2002|volume=48|issue=2|pages=217β227|doi=10.1093/forestscience/48.2.217}}</ref> The average [[home range]] of sugar gliders is {{convert|0.5|ha}}, and is largely related to the abundance of food sources;<ref name=suckling1>{{cite journal|last1=Suckling|first1=G.C|title=Population ecology of the sugar glider "Petaurus breviceps", in a system of fragmented habitats|journal=Australian Wildlife Research|date=1984|volume=11|pages=49β75|doi=10.1071/WR9840049}}</ref> [[Population density|density]] ranges from two to six individuals per hectare (0.8β2.4 per acre). Native owls (''[[Ninox]]'' sp.)<ref name=smith(73) /> are their primary predators; others in their range include [[kookaburra]]s, [[goanna]]s, [[Snakes of Australia|snakes]], and [[quoll]]s.<ref name="Qld">{{cite web|title=Wildlife β Sugar Glider|url=http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife/speciesprofile/mammals/gliders/sugar_glider.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223183947/http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife/speciesprofile/mammals/gliders/sugar_glider.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|access-date=16 February 2014|publisher=Wildlife Queensland}}</ref> [[Feral cat]]s (''[[Felis catus]]'') also represent a significant threat.<ref name=smith(73) /><ref name=Qld />
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