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pha·lan·ger (fə lan′jər)

noun

a member of any of various families of small, plant-eating Australian marsupials (order Diprotodontia), living chiefly in trees and often having bushy, prehensile tails, including flying phalangers and cuscuses

Etymology: ModL < Gr phalanx, bone between two joints of the fingers or toes (see phalanx): from the structure of the 2d and 3d phalanges of the hind feet