feather-tailed possum

English

Noun

feather-tailed possum (plural feather-tailed possums)

1. An acrobatid marsupial of the species Distoechurus pennatus, native to New Guinea.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with the feathertail glider (or feather-tailed glider), the only other species in the family Acrobatidae.

References

• feather-tailed possum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia