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Fauna of Australia and Squirrel glider

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Difference between Fauna of Australia and Squirrel glider

Fauna of Australia vs. Squirrel glider

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. The squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a nocturnal gliding possum.

Similarities between Fauna of Australia and Squirrel glider

Fauna of Australia and Squirrel glider have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Diprotodontia, Endemism, Marsupial, Nocturnality, Petauridae, Pouch (marsupial), Sugar glider.

Diprotodontia

The Diprotodontia (διπρωτός diprotos, meaning "two front" and οδοντος odontos meaning "teeth") are an order of about 125 species of marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Marsupial

Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Petauridae

The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, six species of wrist-winged gliders in the genus Petaurus and Leadbeater's possum, which has only vestigial gliding membranes.

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Pouch (marsupial)

The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials (and rarely in the males as in the water opossumNogueira, José Carlos, et al. "" Journal of mammalogy 85.5 (2004): 834-841. and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".

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Sugar glider

The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass.

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Fauna of Australia and Squirrel glider Comparison

Fauna of Australia has 448 relations, while Squirrel glider has 16. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 1.51% = 7 / (448 + 16).

References

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