{{short description|Genus of mammals}} {{About|the genus|the 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'' at Cotswold Wildlife Park | taxon = Phalanger | authority = Storr, 1780 | display_parents = 3 | type_species = ''Didelphis orientalis'' | type_species_authority = Pallas, 1766 | subdivision_ranks = 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 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,<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 cuscuses.
*Genus ''Phalanger'' **Gebe cuscus, ''P. alexandrae'' **Mountain cuscus, ''P. carmelitae'' **Ground cuscus, ''P. gymnotis'' **Eastern common cuscus, ''P. intercastellanus'' **Woodlark cuscus, ''P. lullulae'' **Blue-eyed cuscus, ''P. matabiru'' **Telefomin cuscus, ''P. matanim'' **Southern common cuscus, ''P. mimicus'' **Northern common cuscus, ''P. orientalis'' **Ornate cuscus, ''P. ornatus'' **Rothschild's cuscus, ''P. rothschildi'' **Silky cuscus, ''P. sericeus'' **Stein's cuscus, ''P. vestitus''
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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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