Flying possum

Flying possum

A flying possum or glider may refer to any of several marsupial species:

* Feathertail Glider

* Greater Glider

* wrist-winged glider, or flying phalanger: genus Petaurus, six species::* Biak Glider:* Mahogany Glider:* Northern Glider:* Squirrel Glider:* Sugar Glider:* Yellow-bellied Glider


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  • lesser flying possum — nykštukinė voverinė skraiduolė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Petaurus breviceps angl. lesser flying possum; short headed flying phalanger; short tailed belideus; sugar possum vok.… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Flying and gliding animals — A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying and gliding animals have evolved separately many times, without any single ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects,… …   Wikipedia

  • possum — /pos euhm/, n. 1. opossum. 2. play possum, Informal. a. to feign sleep or death. b. to dissemble or pretend ignorance: The baseball broke the window, but the children played possum when asked who had thrown it. 3. Australian. any of various… …   Universalium

  • possum — Opossum O*pos sum, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any American marsupial of the genera {Didelphys} and {Chironectes}; called also {possum}. The common species of the United States is {Didelphys Virginiana}. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flying opossum — noun nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute like folds of skin along the sides of the body • Syn: ↑flying phalanger, ↑flying squirrel • Hypernyms: ↑phalanger, ↑opossum, ↑possum • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • flying phalanger — noun nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute like folds of skin along the sides of the body • Syn: ↑flying opossum, ↑flying squirrel • Hypernyms: ↑phalanger, ↑opossum, ↑possum • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • flying squirrel — noun nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute like folds of skin along the sides of the body • Syn: ↑flying phalanger, ↑flying opossum • Hypernyms: ↑phalanger, ↑opossum, ↑possum • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pygmy gliding possum — sklandantysis nykštukinis kuskusas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Acrobates pygmaeus angl. feather tail glider; pygmy flying phalanger; pygmy flying possum; pygmy glider; pygmy gliding possum vok.… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • sugar possum — nykštukinė voverinė skraiduolė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Petaurus breviceps angl. lesser flying possum; short headed flying phalanger; short tailed belideus; sugar possum vok.… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

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