flying squirrel

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Noun

flying squirrel (plural flying squirrels)

A flying squirrel gliding among branches.

1. Any of 43 species of squirrels, most from the tribe Pteromyini, others from family Anomaluridae, which glide from tree to tree.

Derived terms

• New World flying squirrel
• Siberian flying squirrel
• lesser pygmy flying squirrel
• northern flying squirrel
• red giant flying squirrel
• southern flying squirrel
• Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti)
• Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus)
• Pel's flying squirrel (Anomalurus pelii)
• dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus)
• pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri)

Translations

squirrel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸓 (zh) (lěi), 鼯鼠 (zh) (wúshǔ), 飛鼠 (zh), 飞鼠 (zh) (fēishǔ)

• Finnish: liito-orava (fi)
• German: Flughörnchen n, Gleithörnchen (de) n
• Gujarati: ઉડાણખિસકોલી (uḍāṇkhiskolī)
• Irish: iora eitilte m
• Italian: scoiattolo volante africano m, anomaluro m
• Japanese: ムササビ (ja) (musasabi)
• Korean: 날다람쥐 (naldaramjwi), 하늘다람쥐 (ko) (haneuldaramjwi)
• Malay: tupai terbang

• Mi'kmaq: sasgatu, sasqatu
• Navajo: hazéí naatʼáʼii
• Polish: polatucha (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquilo voador m
• Russian: бе́лка-летя́га f (bélka-letjága)
• Spanish: ardilla voladora f
• Swedish: flygekorre (sv) c
• Tagalog: giggi
• Vietnamese: sóc bay
• Welsh: gwiwer hedegog f