1. Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
   "The flying opossum glided silently from tree to tree in the moonlight";
   - flying phalanger, flying squirrel

Derived forms: flying opossums

Type of: opossum [Austral, NZ], phalanger, possum

Part of: genus Petaurus, Petaurus