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n. 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.

n. An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.

n. Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under flying.

n. A marsupial mammal of the genus Phalanger or Phalangista, or of the subfamily Phalangistinæ; a phalangist: so named by Buffon (in the case of a species of Cuscus) from the peculiar structure of the second and third digits of the hind feet, which are webbed together.

n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of phalangers founded by Storr in 1780. The name is prior in date to Phalangista, but until lately has been less used.

n. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

pouched mammal    marsupial   

pygmy phalanger    opossum   

flying   

native bear    phascolarctos cinereus    flying squirrel    brush-tailed phalanger    flying opossum    koala    koala bear    trichosurus vulpecula    kangaroo bear    cuscus