Petaurus gracilis (de Vis, 1883) . Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 20 Dec. 1882, ii.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Cardwell region .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the region of Barrett's Lagoon, near Tully, Queensland, Australia.

STATUS: Probably endangered.

COMMENTS: History of description given by Van Dyck (1990). Species resurrected from synonomy with P. norfolcensis by Van Dyck (1991).