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Phalanger

Phalanger
Ground Cuscus cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg
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
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.



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