The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assapan
Assapan \As`sa*pan"\, ||Assapanic \As`sa*pan"ic\, n. [Prob. Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) The American flying squirrel ( Pteromys volucella).
Wiktionary
assapan
n. (context Southern US now uncommon English) A flying squirrel, (taxlink Glaucomys volans species noshow=1), the (vern southern flying squirrel pedia=1), found in the southern and eastern United States.