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Phalanger
Sign in to savePhalanger (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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyPhalangeridae
Observations recorded5,549
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,223
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Phalangeridae
- Collections
- YPM, ANWC, AMNH
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Ground Cuscus cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg
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- taxon name
- Phalanger
- Commons category
- Phalanger
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phalanger
- taxon common name
- kuskus
- taxon author citation
- Storr, 1780
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Phalanger Storr, 1780 è un genere di marsupiali arboricoli della famiglia dei Falangeridi. Comprende tredici specie di cuschi.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA