# Phalanger

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{{short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{About|the genus|the [PHP](/source/PHP) compiler|Phalanger (compiler)|other animals called phalanger|Phalanger (disambiguation)}}
{{More citations needed|type=animal|date=December 2009}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Ground Cuscus cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Phalanger gymnotis](/source/Phalanger_gymnotis)'' at [Cotswold Wildlife Park](/source/Cotswold_Wildlife_Park)
| taxon = Phalanger
| authority = [Storr](/source/Gottlieb_Conrad_Christian_Storr), 1780
| display_parents = 3
| type_species = ''[Didelphis orientalis](/source/Northern_Common_Cuscus)''
| type_species_authority = [Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1766
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = 13, see text
}}

'''''Phalanger''''' (from the Greek ''phalangion'', meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes<ref>Chambers English Dictionary</ref>) is a [genus](/source/genus) of [possum](/source/Phalangeriformes)s. Its members are found on [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), the [Maluku Islands](/source/Maluku_Islands), other nearby small islands, and Australia's [Cape York Peninsula](/source/Cape_York_Peninsula). They are [marsupial](/source/marsupial)s of the family [Phalangeridae](/source/Phalangeridae),<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Diprotodontia | id = 11000042 | pages = 46-48 | heading = Genus ''Phalanger''}}</ref> and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as [cuscus](/source/cuscus)es.

*Genus ''Phalanger''
**[Gebe cuscus](/source/Gebe_cuscus), ''P. alexandrae''
**[Mountain cuscus](/source/Mountain_cuscus), ''P. carmelitae''
**[Ground cuscus](/source/Ground_cuscus), ''P. gymnotis''
**[Eastern common cuscus](/source/Eastern_common_cuscus), ''P. intercastellanus''
**[Woodlark cuscus](/source/Woodlark_cuscus), ''P. lullulae''
**[Blue-eyed cuscus](/source/Blue-eyed_cuscus), ''P. matabiru''
**[Telefomin cuscus](/source/Telefomin_cuscus), ''P. matanim''
**[Southern common cuscus](/source/Southern_common_cuscus), ''P. mimicus''
**[Northern common cuscus](/source/Northern_common_cuscus), ''P. orientalis''
**[Ornate cuscus](/source/Ornate_cuscus), ''P. ornatus''
**[Rothschild's cuscus](/source/Rothschild's_cuscus), ''P. rothschildi''
**[Silky cuscus](/source/Silky_cuscus), ''P. sericeus''
**[Stein's cuscus](/source/Stein's_cuscus), ''P. vestitus''

==References==
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{{Diprotodontia|P.}}
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Category:Possums
Category:Marsupials of Oceania
Category:Marsupial genera
Category:Taxa named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr

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