any nocturnal arboreal phalanger of the genus Petaurus, of E Australia and New Guinea, having black-striped greyish fur and moving with gliding leaps using folds of skin between the hind limbs and forelimbs
Also called: glider
flying phalanger in American English
any of several phalangers (family Petauridae) with a thin membrane along the sides of the body that enables them to make long, gliding leaps