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Phalangeridae
The Phalangeridae are a family of mostly nocturnal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Eastern Indonesia as far west as Sulawesi, including the cuscuses, brushtail possums, and their close relatives. Considered a type of possum, most species are arboreal, and they inhabit a wide range of forest habitats from alpine woodland to eucalypt forest and tropical jungle. Many species have been introduced to various non-native habitats by humans for thousands of years.
honey possum
species of marsupial
Trichosurus vulpecula
species of mammal endemic to Australia
Common spotted cuscus
species of mammal
Acrobatidae
The Acrobatidae are a small family of gliding marsupials containing two genera, each with a single species, the feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) from Australia and feather-tailed possum (Distoechurus pennatus) from New Guinea.
pygmy possum
family of mammals
Petauridae
Petauridae is a family of possums containing 14 species: four species of trioks and striped possum (genus Dactylopsila), eight species of wrist-winged glider (genus Petaurus), and Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri), which has only vestigial gliding membranes. Most of the wrist-winged gliders are native to Australia, whereas most of the striped possums to New Guinea, but some members of each group are found on both sides of the Torres Strait. Leadbeater's possum is endemic to Victoria, Australia.
Leadbeater's possum
species of mammal
Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae is a family of arboreal marsupials containing 17 extant species of ringtailed possums and close relatives. They are found in forested areas and shrublands throughout Australia and New Guinea.
Striped possum
species of mammal
mountain pygmy possum
species of mammal
Phalanger
Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes) 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, and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses.
Ailurops ursinus
species of mammal
Ground cuscus
species of mammal
feather-tailed possum
species of mammal
Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes is a paraphyletic suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. The species are commonly known as possums, gliders, and cuscus. The common name "(o)possum" for various Phalangeriformes species derives from the creatures' resemblance to the opossums of the Americas (the term comes from Powhatan language aposoum "white animal", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔɬemwa "white dog"). However, although opossums are also marsupials, Australasian possums are more closely related to other Australasian marsupials suc
Black-spotted cuscus
species of mammal
Trichosurus
genus of mammals
Hemibelideus lemuroides
species of mammal
short-eared possum
species of mammal
Eastern pygmy possum
species of mammal
Northern common cuscus
species of mammal
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
species of mammal
Tasmanian pygmy possum
species of mammal
Bear cuscus
genus of marsupial bears from Indonesia
long-tailed pygmy possum
species of mammal
Spilocuscus
Spilocuscus is a genus of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands. It contains the following species:
mountain brushtail possum
species of mammal
Ornate cuscus
species of mammal
Dactylopsila
Dactylopsila is a genus of marsupials in the family Petauridae, native to New Guinea, the Cape York peninsula of Australia, and other close islands. Members of this genus are known as trioks or striped possums, though the latter name is usually used for D. trivirgata.
Telefomin cuscus
species of mammal
Cercartetus
The genus Cercartetus is a group of very small possums known as pygmy possums. Four species comprise this genus, which together with the genus Burramys make up the marsupial family Burramyidae.
Green ringtail possum
species of mammal
Southern common cuscus
species of mammal
Great-tailed triok
species of mammal
Mountain cuscus
species of mammal
Banggai cuscus
species of mammal
Waigeou cuscus
species of mammal
Herbert River ringtail possum
species of mammal
Northern brushtail possum
species of mammal
Rothschild's cuscus
species of mammal
Talaud Bear Cuscus
species of mammal
Strigocuscus celebensis
species of mammal
Tate's Triok
species of mammal
Admiralty Island cuscus
species of mammal
Woodlark cuscus
species of mammal
Gebe cuscus
species of mammal
Long-fingered triok
species of mammal
Plush-coated ringtail possum
species of mammal
Coppery ringtail possum
species of mammal
Rock-haunting ringtail possum
species of mammal
Cercartetus concinnus
species of mammal
Eastern common cuscus
species of mammal
Stein's cuscus
species of mammal
Silky cuscus
species of mammal
blue-eyed cuscus
species of mammal
Pygmy ringtail possum
species of mammal
Wyulda squamicaudata
species of mammal
Strigocuscus
Dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus) is a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial genus in the family Phalangeridae found only in Sulawesi (the largest island in Wallacea) and some of its surrounding small offshore islands. Due to the unique biogeography of Sulawesi giving sub-regions of endemism, it is likely that there are several different species or subspecies as yet to be described by science. So far, the genus contains the following species:
coppery brushtail possum
species of mammal