sugar glider

American  

noun

1. a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.

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sugar glider British  

noun

1. a common Australian phalanger, Petaurus breviceps, that glides from tree to tree feeding on insects and nectar

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Example Sentences

They smell bad and need to be kept with at least one other sugar glider.

From Washington Times

Kept alone, a sugar glider is likely to self-mutilate and die.

From Washington Times

Behind him, out a nearby window, I could see a sugar glider, a small possum, clinging to a cage.

From Seattle Times

The other camp said, no, Archaeopteryx scrabbled up trees using its clawed wings, then let go and sailed to the ground like a sugar glider.

From Washington Post

Host describes Khan as “majestic” and hails him as his favourite animal at the zoo – “he’s the fastest animal in the world, as if you wouldn’t pick him” – while Lemon, the sugar glider trainer, picks the echidna species – “they’re an egg-laying mammal and there’s only two of those in the world”.

From The Guardian