sugar glider
A small, nocturnal, gliding possum native to Australia and New Guinea, often kept as an exotic pet.
Sugar gliders are nocturnal and glide from tree to tree.
Some people keep sugar gliders as pets.
yellow-bellied glider
feathertail glider; pygmy gliding possum
Leadbeater's possum
squirrel glider
Standard katakana spelling for this animal name.
Kanji spelling is very rare; the word is almost always written in kana.
From 袋 (fukuro, 'pouch') + モモンガ (momonga, 'flying squirrel'), referring to its marsupial pouch and gliding ability. The exact derivation of モモンガ is uncertain.