This article is about the genus. For the PHP compiler, see Phalanger (compiler). For other animals called phalanger, see Phalanger (disambiguation).

Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes[1]) 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,[2] and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses.

References

  1. ^ Chambers English Dictionary
  2. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phalanger". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 46–48. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

External links

  • Media related to Phalanger at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Phalanger at Wikispecies