Flying Squirrel Vs Sugar Glider. Sugar gliders and flying squirrels each have a lot of offer as pets, but which is better suited to you? Sugar glider photo courtesy of the mouses house, queensland, australia.
Some lizards can glide, like the flying dragon.
Adorable photographs show the incredible furry sugar glider from down under. Flying squirrels — which actually glide, not fly — date back to at least the oligocene epoch, and now come in 43 species across asia, europe, and north america. For example, the flying squirrel and sugar glider certainly are similar — they both sport distinctive wings stretching from arm to leg. The common name refers to its predilection for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel.