phalanger
Noun
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Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (synset 101883812)
is a type of: marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carriedsubtypes:
- 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
belongs to: family phalangeridae, phalangeridae - phalangers; koalas
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