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Phalanger | |
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Phalanger gymnotis at Cotswold Wildlife Park | |
Scientific classification
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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
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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.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2009) |
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.