PHALANGERIDAE, Thomas, 1888

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Phalangeridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 456-497 : 456

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6657415

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6621458

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scientific name

PHALANGERIDAE
status

 

Family PHALANGERIDAE View in CoL

(CUSCUSES, BRUSH-TAILED

POSSUMS AND SCALY-TAILED POSSUM)

• Smallto medium-sized arboreal marsupials; soft and woolly fur and dense underfur; often varied color patterns between sexes; round heads with short rostra, naked rhinaria, and forward-directed eyes; strongly prehensile tails.

• 60-120 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Lowland, montane, and tropical rainforests to sclerophyll forests and woodlands.

• 6 genera, 29 species, 43 taxa.

• 4 species Critically Endangered, 2 species Endangered, 3 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

SubClass

Metatheria

Order

Diprotodontia

SubOrder

Phalangeriformes

SuperFamily

Phalangeroidea

Family

Phalangeridae

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