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SPECIES Petaurus gracilis

Author:de Vis, 1883.
Citation:Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 20 Dec. 1882: ii.
Common Name:Ebony Glider
Type Locality:Australia, Queensland, Cardwell region.
Distribution:From Wharps Holding (18°41’18"S, 146°04’25"E) to Hall River (17°58’29"S, 146°02’02"E), NE Queensland.
Status:IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:History of description given by Van Dyck (1990). Species resurrected from synonymy with P. norfolcensis by Van Dyck (1991). Full description given by Van Dyck (1993), who also gave results of field surveys to determine its distribution.
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