Definition of "flying phalanger" []

• Any of several small marsupials of the family Petauridae, especially one of the genus Petaurus, native to Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania and having large folds of skin between the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to glide through the air. (noun)

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