Phalanger

Genus of mammals

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.

• 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

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

External links

• Media related to Phalanger at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Phalanger at Wikispecies