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Phalanger
Sign in to savePhalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes) 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, and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyPhalangeridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,223
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Phalangeridae
- Collections
- YPM, ANWC, AMNH
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Ground Cuscus cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg
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- Phalanger
- Commons category
- Phalanger
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phalanger
- taxon common name
- kuskus
- taxon author citation
- Storr, 1780
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Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes) 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, 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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phalanger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.