Phalanger

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cohors: Marsupialia
Cladus: Australidelphia
Cladus: Eomarsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Phalangeriformes
Superfamilia: Phalangeroidea

Familia: Phalangeridae
Subfamilia: Phalangerinae
Genus: Phalanger
Species: P. alexandrae – P. carmelitae – P. gymnotis – P. intercastellanus – P. lullulae – P. matabiru – P. matanim – P. mimicus – P. orientalis – P. ornatus – P. rothschildi – P. sericeus – P. vestitus
Number

13 species
Name

Phalanger Storr, 1780

Type species: Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766

Phalanger gymnotis

References

Phalanger in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Prodr. Meth. Mammal., p. 38.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kuskuse
English: Common Cuscuses

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

Chambers English Dictionary
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.