Petauristidae

plural noun

Pet·​au·​ris·​ti·​dae

-təˌdē

in some classifications

: a family of rodents comprising the flying squirrels but now usually regarded as constituting a subfamily of Sciuridae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Petaurista + -idae

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