Phalangerid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phalangerid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.
Example Sentences
Phalangerids are predominantly herbivorous, and some prefer leaves, whereas others eat more fruit, flowers, or grasses.
One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.
Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials.
Word Forms
- phalangerids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phascolarctid, phalangid, pholidote, phalangodid, ariophantid, phliantid.
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