flying-squirrel

I named some top artists and pterosaur experts who reject or at least question the bat-winged/flying-squirrel model of Burian and Zallinger's long-outdated restorations.

Life's Time Capsule: Questions about Pterosaurs #1 Peter Bond 2009

Some thought it was part flying-squirrel or some other wild animal, which is not impossible, for, according to naturalists, prolific hybrids have been produced by the union of the marten and domestic cat.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Indeed, the flying-squirrel has little or no advantage over him, and in speed and nimbleness cannot compare with him at all.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

In addition to the animals already named, the musk-rat, raccoon, fox, flying-squirrel, robin, wren, and king-bird will be found convenient for study in many localities.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

But it stopped as suddenly, for in the middle of it Pinkey gathered himself and sprang through the air like a flying-squirrel, to bowl the Smith boy over.

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

It seems he got a little flying-squirrel for me to play with (must know my partiality for pets), and last night, while attempting to tame him, the little creature bit his finger, whereupon he naturally let him fall on the ground,

A Confederate girl's diary, 1913

"A Shawnee sculp or I'm a flying-squirrel!" yelled Runner.

A Virginia Scout Hugh Pendexter 1907

The pretty little flying-squirrel wakes up as twilight draws on; our American rabbit also shuns the day; that pest of the farm-yard, the skunk, with the weasels, rove about on their mischievous errands at night.

Rural Hours 1887

The nuts rattle noisily down on its roof; sometimes during "evenin 'preachin'" -- which takes place in the afternoon -- a flying-squirrel frisks near the window; the hymns echo softly, softly, from the hazy sunlit heights across the valley.

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

It seems he got a little flying-squirrel for me to play with (must know my partiality for pets), and last night, while attempting to tame him, the little creature bit his finger, whereupon he naturally let him fall on the ground,

A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875