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GENUS Phalanger

Author:Storr, 1780.
Citation:Prodr. Meth. Mammal.: 38.
Type Species:Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766.
Comments:Does not include Spilocuscus (see Ride, 1970:248). Revised by Tate (1945), Feiler (1978ai>c), and G. G. George (1979).
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Offspring:

SPECIES alexandrae

SPECIES carmelitae

SUBSPECIES carmelitae

SUBSPECIES coccygis

SPECIES gymnotis

SUBSPECIES gymnotis

SUBSPECIES leucippus

SPECIES intercastellanus

SPECIES lullulae

SPECIES matabiru

SPECIES matanim

SPECIES mimicus

SUBSPECIES mimicus

SUBSPECIES peninsulae

SPECIES orientalis

SUBSPECIES orientalis

SUBSPECIES breviceps

SPECIES ornatus

SPECIES rothschildi

SPECIES sericeus

SUBSPECIES sericeus

SUBSPECIES occidentalis

SPECIES vestitus

Synonyms:

    Balantia Illiger, 1811
    Coescoes Lacépède, 1799
    Cuscus Lesson, 1826
    Phalangista E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and G. Cuvier, 1795
    Sipalus G. Fischer, 1813

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