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Definition of Petaurus
1. Noun. A genus of Phalangeridae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae
Member holonyms: Flying Opossum, Flying Phalanger, Flying Squirrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petaurus
Literary usage of Petaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the by Oldfield Thomas (1888)
"This genus is exceedingly closely allied to Petaurus, from which it only differs
by having no flying-membrane, and by its fifth being slightly shorter, ..."
2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"IN referring this beautiful little quadruped to the genus Petaurus, from the
typical species of which it differs in the character of its teeth, ..."
3. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"THE SQUIRREL Petaurus (Petaurus sciureus). This creature belongs to a group of
beautiful animals, bearing the same relationship to the ..."
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