Petaurus

Translingual

Petaurus breviceps

Etymology

From Latin petaurista (“acrobat, tightrope walker”).

Proper noun

Petaurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Petauridae – the wrist-winged gliders or lesser gliding possums.

Synonyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Petauridae - family

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Petauridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider) - type species; Petaurus abidi (northern glider), Petaurus biacensis (Biak glider), Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider), Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider), Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) - other species

Further reading

• Petaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Petaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Petaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Petaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Petaurus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Petaurus at National Center for Biotechnology Information