squirrel glider
A small gliding possum native to Australia; the Japanese name is a direct translation of the English common name.
The squirrel glider is a marsupial that lives in Australia.
Refers to the sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), a smaller and more common species often kept as a pet.
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly found in older or specialized texts; the word is usually written in kana.
The Japanese name is a calque of the English 'squirrel glider': 尾太 (obuto, 'thick-tailed') + 袋鼯鼠 (fukuromomonga, 'gliding possum'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it follows the pattern of other glider names in Japanese.