common phalangers

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Any of various small arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a long tail and dense woolly fur and including the cuscus and the flying phalanger.

[New Latin, from Greek phalanx, phalang-, toe bone (from its fused hind toes); see phalanx.]

phalanger [fəˈlændʒə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various Australasian arboreal marsupials, such as Trichosurus vulpecula (brush-tailed phalanger), having dense fur and a long tail: family Phalangeridae Also called (Austral. and NZ) possum See also flying phalanger

[via New Latin from Greek phalaggion spider's web, referring to its webbed hind toes]

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Noun

phalanger - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

opossum, possum

marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae - phalangers; koalas

cuscus - woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia

brush-tailed phalanger, Trichosurus vulpecula - bushy-tailed phalanger

flying opossum, flying phalanger, flying squirrel - nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body

kangaroo bear, koala, koala bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus - sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

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brush-tailed phalanger
cuscus
family Phalangeridae
flying mouse
flying opossum
flying phalanger
flying squirrel
genus Petaurus
genus Trichosurus
honey mouse
kangaroo bear
koala bear
marsupial
native bear
opossum
petaurist
Petaurus
Phalangeridae
Phascolarctos cinereus

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