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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Petaurus
Literary usage of Genus Petaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The tooth formula is I ^ C Q- Pm £ Mi]-, very nearly as in Aero- bates. The ears
are as in that genus. Petaurus is the first genus of the Flying ..."
2. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1839)
"Mr. Waterhouse read a paper on the marsupial genus Petaurus, which he considered
divisible into three marked sub-genera, distinguished by differences in ..."
3. 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, ..."
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