''Phalanger'' (from the Greek ''phalangion'', meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes
[Chambers English Dictionary]) is a genus of Phalangeriformes, 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''
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Possums
Marsupials of Oceania
Marsupial genera
Taxa named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr
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