flying squirrel

flying squirrel

English

Noun

flying squirrel (plural flying squirrels)

A flying squirrel gliding among branches.

1. Any of 43 species of squirrels, most from the tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae, others from family Anomaluridae, which glide from tree to tree.

Derived terms

• New World flying squirrel (Glaucomys spp.)
• Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)
• lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae)
• northern flying squirrel (Glsucomys ssabrinus)
• red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)
• southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
• Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti)
• Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus)
• Pel's flying squirrel (Anomalurus pelii)
• dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus)
• pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri)
• spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans)

Translations

squirrel

Assamese: বাংকেক (baṅkek) Catalan: esquirol volador m Chickasaw: pali' Chinese: Literary: 鸓 (lěi), 鼺 (léi) Mandarin: 鸓／𱊳 (zh) (lěi), 鼯鼠 (zh) (wúshǔ), 飛鼠／飞鼠 (zh), 飞鼠 (zh) (fēishǔ) Danish: flyveegern n Esperanto: flugsciuro Finnish: liito-orava (fi), liituri (Sciuridae); leijuri, suomuhäntäorava (Anomaluridae) French: écureuil volant (fr) m, polatouche (fr) m Georgian: მფრინავი ციყვი (mprinavi ciq̇vi) German: Flughörnchen n, Gleithörnchen (de) n Gujarati: ઉડાણખિસકોલી (uḍāṇkhiskolī) Irish: iora eitilte m Italian: anomaluro m Japanese: ムササビ (ja) (musasabi) Korean: 날다람쥐 (naldaramjwi), 하늘다람쥐 (ko) (haneuldaramjwi) Malay: tupai terbang Mi'kmaq: sasgatu, sasqatu Navajo: hazéí naatʼáʼii Polish: polatucha (pl) f Portuguese: esquilo voador m Russian: бе́лка-летя́га f (bélka-letjága) Spanish: ardilla voladora f Swedish: flygekorre (sv) c Tagalog: giggi Thai: กระรอกบิน (grà-rɔ̂ɔk-bin) Tibetan: བྱ་མ་བྱི (bya ma byi) Vietnamese: sóc bay Welsh: gwiwer hedegog f

See also

• Phalangeriformes