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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.
Genus Phalanger
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Northern Common Cuscus
speciesPhalanger orientalis
Ornate Cuscus
speciesPhalanger ornatus
Blue-eyed Cuscus
speciesPhalanger matabiru
Ground Cuscus
speciesPhalanger gymnotis
Southern Common Cuscus
speciesPhalanger mimicus
Silky Cuscus
speciesPhalanger sericeus
Rothschild's Cuscus
speciesPhalanger rothschildi
Mountain Cuscus
speciesPhalanger carmelitae
New Britain Cuscus
speciesPhalanger breviceps
Peleng Cuscus
speciesPhalanger pelengensis
Stein's Cuscus
speciesPhalanger vestitus
Eastern Common Cuscus
speciesPhalanger intercastellanus
Gebe Cuscus
speciesPhalanger alexandrae
Woodlark Cuscus
speciesPhalanger lullulae
Telefomin Cuscus
speciesPhalanger matanim
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42819.