phalanger

/fuh-lan-jer/US // fəˈlæn dʒər //UK // (fəˈlændʒə) //

噬人者,噬人鲨,噬脂虫,噬人魔

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.

The vulpine phalanger does duty for a fox; the fat and sleepy little dormouse phalanger takes the place of a European dormouse.
At Rawak the phalanger and the sheepdog in a wild state were the only quadrupeds met with.
This view is in apparent contradiction to an interesting discovery in a specimen of a Phalanger by Dr. Klaatsch.
The lower jaw has quite the appearance of that of a Macropus or Phalanger, with long and forwardly projecting incisors.
The animal, as was pointed out by Dr. Gray, looks very much like a Phalanger.