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| Phalanger | |
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| Phalanger gymnotis atCotswold Wildlife Park | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
| Tribe: | Phalangerini |
| Genus: | Phalanger Storr, 1780 |
| Type species | |
| Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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Phalanger (from the Greekphalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes[1]) is agenus ofpossums. Its members are found onNew Guinea, theMaluku Islands, other nearby small islands, and Australia'sCape York Peninsula. They aremarsupials of the familyPhalangeridae,[2] and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to ascuscuses.
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