Phalanger

Phalanger
	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

Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes^[1]) is a genus of possums. 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
- Spotted cuscus, P. maculatus

References

↑ Chambers English Dictionary
↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phalanger". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D. M. 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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[1] Chambers English Dictionary

[msw3-2] Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phalanger". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D. M. 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.