Phalanger
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| Phalanger | |
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| Phalanger gymnotis at Cotswold Wildlife Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
| Tribe: | Phalangerini |
| Genus: | Phalanger Storr, 1780 |
| Type species | |
| Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766 | |
| Species | |
| 13, see text | |
Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes[1]) is a genus of possums. Its members are found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, other nearby small islands, and Australia's Cape York Peninsula. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae,[2] and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses.
- Genus Phalanger
- Gebe cuscus, P. alexandrae
- Mountain cuscus, P. carmelitae
- Ground cuscus, P. gymnotis
- Eastern common cuscus, P. intercastellanus
- Woodlark cuscus, P. lullulae
- Blue-eyed cuscus, P. matabiru
- Telefomin cuscus, P. matanim
- Southern common cuscus, P. mimicus
- Northern common cuscus, P. orientalis
- Ornate cuscus, P. ornatus
- Rothschild's cuscus, P. rothschildi
- Silky cuscus, P. sericeus
- Stein's cuscus, P. vestitus
References
[edit]- ^ Chambers English Dictionary
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phalanger". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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