"sugar glider" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sugar gliders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sugar glider (plural sugar gliders)
  1. Petaurus breviceps, an omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupial, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835. Categories (lifeform): Marsupials Translations (Petaurus breviceps): petaure del sucre [masculine] (Catalan), 蜜袋鼯 (mìdàiwú) (Chinese Mandarin), sokeriorava (Finnish), phalanger volant [masculine] (French), sucre volant [masculine] (French), planeur de sucre [masculine] (French), Kurzkopfgleitbeutler [masculine] (German), törpe erszényesmókus (Hungarian), petauro dello zucchero [masculine] (Italian), フクロモモンガ (fukuro momonga) (Japanese), naalkʼįhí bizaʼazis hólóní (Navajo), lotopałanka karłowata [feminine] (Polish), lotopałanka krótkogłowa [feminine] (Polish), petauro-do-açúcar [masculine] (Portuguese), са́харная су́мчатая летя́га (sáxarnaja súmčataja letjága) [feminine] (Russian), са́харный лета́ющий по́ссум (sáxarnyj letájuščij póssum) [masculine] (Russian), ка́рликовая су́мчатая летя́га (kárlikovaja súmčataja letjága) [feminine] (Russian), короткоголо́вая лета́ющая бе́лка (korotkogolóvaja letájuščaja bélka) [feminine] (Russian), са́харный по́ссум (sáxarnyj póssum) [masculine] (Russian), су́мчатая летя́га (súmčataja letjága) [feminine] (Russian), falangérido de azúcar [masculine] (Spanish), ชูการ์ไกลเดอร์ (chuu-gâa-glai-də̂ə) (Thai), chibur (Yagara)

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