Phalanger | |
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Ground cuscus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Suborder: | Phalangeriformes |
Family: | Phalangeridae |
Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
Tribe: | Phalangerini |
Genus: |
Phalanger Storr, 1780 |
Type species | |
Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766 |
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Species | |
13, see text |
13, see text
Phalanger, from the Greek Phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. It is one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses. In Australia, however, they are called possums.