noun
feathertail glider; pygmy gliding possum
A small Australian marsupial. The Japanese name literally means 'small flying phalanger'. Typically written in katakana.
チビフクロモモンガはオーストラリアに生息する小さな有袋類です。
The feathertail glider is a small marsupial that lives in Australia.
Refers to the sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), a larger and more commonly known gliding possum. チビフクロモモンガ is a distinct, much smaller species.
Compound of チビ (chibi, 'small') + フクロモモンガ (fukuromomonga, 'sugar glider'). The kanji 禿袋鼯鼠 is an ateji spelling, likely created for this species.