The Australian Flying Squirrel is a small marsupial, with a cute appearance and sociable personality, they have become a popular pet in many families today. During more than a decade in captivity and domestication, breeders have successfully combined recessive genetic samples to create a generation of Australian Flying Squirrels with unique, beautiful colors in addition to purebred colors. Today, let's go with Mew Pet Shop to refer to the TOP 10 most popular Australian beautiful Soc Bay lines in the world, friends!
1. Overview of the Australian Flying Squirrel
Scientific name: Petaurus breviceps.
English name: Sugar Glider.
Vietnamese name: Soc Bay Australia, Soc Uc.
The Australian Flying Squirrel is a small nocturnal marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea. They live in groups of 6 to 10 individuals, sharing a nest and together protecting their territory.
Adult Australian squirrels weigh about 110 - 170 grams, and are about 30 cm long from head to tail.
A special feature of Sugar Glider is that the children have a skin membrane extending from wrists to ankles located on both sides of their hips, allowing squirrels to hover in the air from tree to tree up to 20 meters.
The Australian Flying Squirrel in the wild eats insects, small vertebrates, eucalyptus sap, acacia, honey and ripe fruit.
Male flying squirrels have scent glands on their forehead, chest and genitals that allow them to mark their territory. These areas of skin with scent glands will not grow hair.
Like other marsupials, female Australian squirrels raise their young in a small pouch right in front of her abdomen.
The life expectancy of the Australian Flying Squirrel can be up to 10-15 years in case of good care.
2. TOP 10 beautiful colors of Soc Bay Australia
As you know, purebred Australian Flying Squirrels in the wild will have a gray color with a black stripe running from the top of the head to the tail. The face will have black lines extending from the ears to the eyes. The belly will be pale white.
This Standard Gray Australian Flying Squirrel carries a dominant Gene. From here, breeders have selected and bred to create new and more unique and beautiful colors.
In more than a decade of development, there are now more than 20 different morphological colors in the world. Here are the 10 most beautiful Australian Soc Bay colors that are popular with many people.
2.1. White Face Sugar Glider - White Face Sugar Glider
One of the beautiful Australian flying squirrels, raised only after the Normal line, is the White Face Sugar Glider. Babies will have a color almost similar to the standard color but will be brighter and especially on the face there will be no black streaks. This will make their faces appear more white.
White Face is not considered a separate color, but just a unique feature that can appear on any Australian Squirrel. This is a dominant gene, so it only takes one of the parents to have a white-faced child. If baby squirrels are born without this trait, those babies cannot possess this gene source from their parents.
White Face Sugar Glider - White Face Sugar Glider.
2.2. Leucistic Sugar Glider - Leucistic Sugar Glider
Leucistic Sugar Glider (Lucy Sugar Glider) is an extremely beautiful color in today's Australian Flying Squirrels. They will have pure white fur and black eyes. The ears and four paws and toenails are also white or translucent.
This is the result of selective breeding, the Australian Leucistic Flying Squirrels will carry Leucism or hypopigmentation syndrome. This leads to a lack of pigment, especially melanin, which makes the body appear pale or patchy. However, the leukocytosis does not cause total depigmentation and their eyes are normal.
Lucy's Australian Flying Squirrel currently has a fairly high price, ranging from 6 to 8 million. The way of care and nurturing is completely normal like other purebred babies.
Leucistic Sugar Glider - Leucistic Sugar Glider.
2.3. Creamino Sugar Glider - Creamino Sugar Glider
It is a beautiful and rare Australian Flying Squirrel. The Creamino Sugar Glider has a creamy reddish-brown coat with a light brown stripe on its back. In particular, Creamino's eyes are ruby eyes.
This is a rare recessive gene mutation that cannot be found in nature. In order to breed the Australian Flying Squirrel with Cream Milk, both parents must carry this Creamino Gene.
Creamino Sugar Glider - Creamino Sugar Glider.
2.4. Platinum Sugar Glider - Platinum Sugar Glider
The Platinum Australian Flying Squirrel has a silver coat color and a light gray dorsal stripe, the stripes will be smaller than other breeds. The feet are white and extend to the ankles. This is a recessive gene mutation and requires both parents to carry Gene Platinum or one to have Gene Leucistic.
Platinum Sugar Glider is a beautiful, high-value Aussie squirrel color due to its difficult and complicated cross-breeding success rate. The care and nurturing of the Platinum Australian Flying Squirrel is the same as for other breeds.
Platinum Sugar Glider - Platinum Sugar Glider.
2.5. Mosaic Sugar Glider - Mosaic Sugar Glider
The Mosaic Flying Squirrel has a lighter tone than the standard color, with white markings on its body, arms, legs or tail. Most babies have white hands and feet.
There are no similar cases in terms of color and type of compartment between these Australian Flying Squirrels, all of which appear randomly so this is a beautiful Australian Flying Squirrel line that is loved by many people. There are many variations in the Mosaic line such as: White Mosaic, Ringtail Mosaic, Piebald Mosaic, etc.
This is a dominant gene mutation, so only one of the parent squirrels possessing the Gene Mosaic can produce offspring with this color. Like the White-faced Flying Squirrel, the Mosaic Sugar Glider is not considered an actual color as it can appear on any color of the Australian Squirrel.
Mosaic Sugar Glider - Mosaic Sugar Glider.
2.6. White Tip Sugar Glider - White Tip Sugar Glider
The White Tip Sugar Glider line is very similar in appearance and color to the standard color with mostly gray and white. Except that the tip of the tail will have some white hairs or the entire tip will be white about 2.5 cm long.
This is a recessive gene mutation, so parents need to have this trait to create a baby that is a White Tip Australian Flying Squirrel.
Sóc Bay Úc Đốm Đuôi – White Tip Sugar Glider.
2.7. Albino Sugar Glider - Albino Sugar Glider
A beautiful and very rare Australian Bay Squirrel line, high value. Albino Sugar Glider has lost all pigment on the body, including in the eyes, so their fur will be white and red eyes, very poor eyesight and afraid of light.
Albinism is caused by mutations in the gene that produces the pigment Melanin. This results in a complete or partial absence of the Tyrosinase Enzyme. Tyrosinase catalyzes the production of Melanin and other pigments in the skin, hair, and eyes.
This is a very rare color in the Australian Flying Squirrel and is recessive, requiring two albino alleles for the phenotype to manifest. Therefore, the price of the Australian Flying Squirrel with Red-Eyed White Tiger is very high.
Albino Sugar Glider - Albino Sugar Glider.
2.8. Ring Tail Sugar Glider - Ring Tail Sugar Glider
A variant of the Mosaic Australian Flying Squirrel, the Ring Tail Sugar Glider possesses alternating black and white rings on their tails, which can be single or multiple.
The main color of the Australian Flying Squirrel Ring Tail can look like a Normal or Mosaic line. The way to nurture and care is completely similar to other lines.
Ring Tail Sugar Glider - Ring Tail Sugar Glider.
2.9. Black Australian Flying Squirrel – Melanistic Sugar Glider
In contrast to the Albino Flying Squirrel, the Melanistic Sugar Glider has a deep black color on its skin and fur. This is a condition in which Melanin levels are higher than normal in animals.
Melanistic Sugar Glider - Melanistic Sugar Glider.
2.10. Piebald Sugar Glider – Piebald Sugar Glider
The Piebald Australian Flying Squirrel is a variation of the Mosaic Sugar Glider line. This is a beautiful mutant Soc Bay Australia that is loved and sought by many people. In this line, the main color tone is bright white with one or more large patches of dark hair such as gray or black.
A special feature is that the color of the skin underneath the coat will also be similar to the color of that patch. That is, the area of white hair will also be white, and the area of dark hair will also have dark skin.
The distribution of dark patches is completely random and never duplicated in the Piedbald Australian Flying Squirrel. Therefore, the value of this line is quite high and is sought after by many people.
Piebald Sugar Glider - Piebald Sugar Glider.
