flying squirrel

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flying squirrel

Any of various nocturnal squirrels of the genera Pteromys, Petaurista, Glaucomys, and related genera, having membranes along each side of the body between the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to glide between trees.

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

flying opossum, flying phalanger

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

genus Petaurus, Petaurus - a genus of Phalangeridae

flying mouse - tiny flying phalanger

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Therefore, I can see no difficulty, more especially under changing conditions of life, in the continued preservation of individuals with fuller and fuller flank-membranes, each modification being useful, each being propagated, until by the accumulated effects of this process of natural selection, a perfect so-called flying squirrel was produced.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

From tree to tree the agile creatures sprang like flying squirrels, while the cold sweat stood upon my brow as I glimpsed the depths beneath, into which a single misstep on the part of either of my bearers would hurl me.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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