Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old genus of flying-phalangers, giving name to the subfamily Petaurinæ and conterminous with it. See
petaurist , and cut underPetaurista .
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- noun a genus of Phalangeridae
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I have retained the name of Petaurista for the flying Phalangers with hairy ears, as Dr. Shaw's Didelphis petaurus is evidently the same as P. flaviventer, and has naked ears, like the other species, and his name
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855
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