feathertail glider

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• Feathertail Glider — Taxobox name = Feathertail GliderMSW3 Groves|pages=56] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40584|title=Acrobates pygmaeus|downloaded=12 May 2006]… …   Wikipedia

• feathertail glider — Flying Fly ing, a. [From {Fly}, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [1913 Webster] {Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• glider — /gluy deuhr/, n. 1. a motorless, heavier than air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents. 2. a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended …   Universalium

• feathertail —       small marsupial mammal, a species of glider (q.v.). * * * …   Universalium

• Mahogany glider — Mahogany glider[1] Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Northern Glider — Northern Glider[1] Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[ …   Wikipedia

• pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail. Also called feathertail glider. * * * …   Universalium

• pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail. Also called feathertail glider …   Useful english dictionary

• Diprotodontia — Diprotodontia[1] Temporal range: 28–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Mammal classification — Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia (blue), Chiroptera (red), and Soricomorpha (yellow) Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus… …   Wikipedia