Petaurus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin petaurista (“acrobat, tightrope walker”). Compare Acrobates (“feathertail glider genus”). === Proper noun === Petaurus m A taxonomic genus within the family Petauridae – wrist-winged gliders or lesser gliding possums, of Australia, New Guinea, and certain nearby islands. ==== 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; Petauroidea – superfamily; Petauridae – family; Petaurinae – subfamily ==== 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 Category: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