ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月13日 06時15分

Image by @Joel Sartore | Mahogany gliders may look like squirrels, but they’re actually possums! They have hand-like feet, equipped with opposable thumbs-- a very useful feature for an animal with such a unique mode of locomotion. To get from one tree to the next, these little marsupials glide through the air using the membranes that stretch from their front legs to their back legs. They tend to sleep and rear their young in dens inside the hollows of large eucalyptus trees. Because mahogany gliders feed on nectar, pollen and sap, they are extremely important pollinators within their ecosystems. By transporting pollen throughout their habitats, they help to perpetuate the production of seeds and play a big part in maintaining the forests they live in.
Because they are so elusive it's difficult to study mahogany gliders, but biologists have found that their populations are diminishing rapidly. These adorable pollinators are suffering from immense habitat loss due to the clearing of forests for agriculture in Australia. Though they are protected by Australian law, most populations do not exist on protected lands.
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