No, Sugar Gliders are in the marsupial family - not rodents. They carry their babies in a pouch and are more closely related to Kangaroos, Possums, and Koala Bears. Although they have a nickname of Australian Flying Squirrels, the only thing they have in common with a flying squirrel is that they are close to the same size, and they do glide from tree to tree like a flying squirrel. They are more social than a flying squirrel, live about twice as long, and are more outgoing.