Petauridae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2015 2015-06-30 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials 52 565 book chapter 82885 10.5281/zenodo.6656820 33014368-4847-47c4-8f7c-f5fd87d6682a 978-84-96553-99-6 6656820 Family PETAURIDAE (STRIPED POSSUMS, LEADBEATER’S POSSUM AND LESSER GLIDERS) • Medium-sized arboreal marsupials with strong facial markings and one or more distinct dorsal stripes. • 30-80 cm. • Australasian Region. • Montane forest, lowland forest, and sclerophyll forest and woodland, some species in rainforest. • 3 genera, 12 species, 18 taxa. • | species Critically Endangered, 3 species Endangered; no species Extinct since 1600.