Noun: flying cat
- Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
"The flying cat glided silently between trees in the darkness";
- flying lemur, colugo
- East Indian flying squirrel
"The flying cat glided from tree to tree in the rainforest";
- taguan, flying marmot, Petaurista petaurista
Derived forms: flying cats
Type of: Asiatic flying squirrel, eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Part of: Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus, genus Petaurista, Petaurista