Phalangerida
Ground cuscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Phalangerida
Families
Phalangeridae: brushtail possums and cuscuses Burramyidae: pygmy possums Tarsipedidae: Honey possum Petauridae: (Striped possum,Leadbeater's possum, and gliders) Pseudocheiridae: ringtailed possums and allies Potoridae: bettongs, potaroos and rat kangaroos Acrobatidae: (Feathertail glider andFeathertail possum) Hypsiprymnodontidae:Musky rat-kangaroo Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies and allies

Phalangerida is one of the two formersuborders of the largemarsupial orderDiprotodontia. This large and diverse suborder includedkangaroos,wallabies,quokkas,possums, gliding possum-like marsupials and others. The much smaller suborderVombatiformes encompasses only thekoalas andwombats. Thissuborder is no longer considered to accurately describe the diversity inDiprotodontia.

Phalangeriformes has come to replace Phalangerida but does not include thepotoroos (Potoroidae),kangaroos andwallabies (Macropodidae) or themusky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodontidae). These families are now placed in a newsuborder namedMacropodiformes.

Kear, B.P. & Cooke, B.N., 2001:12!20. A review of macropodoid systematics with the inclusion of a new family. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, 83–101. ISSN 0810-8889

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