Phalangeridae Thomas 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 45

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11346821

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scientific name

Phalangeridae Thomas 1888
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Phalangeridae Thomas 1888 View in CoL

Phalangeridae Thomas 1888 View in CoL , Cat. Marsup. Monotr. Brit. Mus.: 126.

Genera: 6 genera with 27 species in 2 subfamilies and 2 tribes:

Subfamily Ailuropinae Flannery, Archer and Maynes 1987

Genus Ailurops Wagler 1830 (2 species with 4 subspecies)

Subfamily Phalangerinae Thomas 1888

Tribe Phalangerini Thomas 1888

Genus Phalanger Storr 1780 (13 species with 10 subspecies)

Genus Spilocuscus Gray 1861 (4 species with 4 subspecies)

Tribe Trichosurini Flynn 1911

Genus Strigocuscus Gray 1861 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Trichosurus Lesson 1828 (5 species)

Genus Wyulda Alexander 1918 (1 species)

Discussion: Distinct from Phascolarctidae (see Ride, 1970:22) and does not include Pseudocheiridae , Petauridae , Burramyidae , or Acrobatidae (see Aplin and Archer, 1987). A provisional classification was given by Flannery et al. (1987), and this was modified by Norris (1994).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Diprotodontia

Family

Phalangeridae

Loc

Phalangeridae Thomas 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Phalangeridae

Thomas 1888: 126
1888
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