Etymology

Krefft's glider

Today it means: Petaurus notatus, a species of arboreal nocturnal gliding possum, a type of small marsupial. Full definition →

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Named after German-Australian zoologist and paleontologist Gerard Krefft.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.