Sugar-glider


noun
1.
a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
sugar glider
noun
1.
a common Australian phalanger, Petaurus breviceps, that glides from tree to tree feeding on insects and nectar

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