PHALANGERIFORMES Szalay, in Archer (ed.) 1982

Families: 6 families with 20 genera and 63 species:

Family Burramyidae Broom 1898 (2 genera with 5 species and 6 subspecies)

Family Phalangeridae Thomas 1888 (6 genera with 27 species and 23 subspecies)

Family Pseudocheiridae Winge 1893 (6 genera with 17 species and 19 subspecies)

Family Petauridae Bonaparte 1838 (3 genera with 11 species and 10 subspecies)

Family Tarsipedidae Gervais and Verreaux 1842 (1 genus with 1 species)

Family Acrobatidae Aplin 1987 (2 genera with 2 species)