phalanger

Other forms: phalangers

Definitions of phalanger

1. noun

   small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
   synonyms: opossum, possum

   types:

   cuscus

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

   Trichosurus vulpecula, brush-tailed phalanger

   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

   Phascolarctos cinereus, kangaroo bear, koala, koala bear, native bear

   sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

   flying mouse

   tiny flying phalanger

   type of:

   marsupial, pouched mammal

   mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried