Phalanger Storr 1780

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Phalanger Storr 1780

Phalanger Storr 1780 , Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: 38.

Type Species: Didelphis orientalis Pallas 1766

Synonyms: Balantia Illiger 1811 ; Coescoes Lacépède 1799 ; Cuscus Lesson 1826 ; Phalangista E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and G. Cuvier 1795 ; Sipalus G. Fischer 1813 .

Species and subspecies: 13 species with 10 subspecies:

Species Phalanger alexandrae Flannery and Boeadi 1995

Species Phalanger carmelitae Thomas 1898

Subspecies Phalanger carmelitae subsp. carmelitae Thomas 1898

Subspecies Phalanger carmelitae subsp. coccygis Thomas 1922

Species Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875

Subspecies Phalanger gymnotis subsp. gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875

Subspecies Phalanger gymnotis subsp. leucippus Thomas 1898

Species Phalanger intercastellanus Thomas 1895

Species Phalanger lullulae Thomas 1896

Species Phalanger matabiru Flannery and Boeadi 1995

Species Phalanger matanim Flannery 1987

Species Phalanger mimicus Thomas 1922

Subspecies Phalanger mimicus subsp. mimicus Thomas 1922

Subspecies Phalanger mimicus subsp. peninsulae Tate 1945

Species Phalanger orientalis (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Phalanger orientalis subsp. orientalis Pallas 1766

Subspecies Phalanger orientalis subsp. breviceps Thomas 1888

Species Phalanger ornatus Gray 1860

Species Phalanger rothschildi Thomas 1898

Species Phalanger sericeus Thomas 1907

Subspecies Phalanger sericeus subsp. sericeus Thomas 1907

Subspecies Phalanger sericeus subsp. occidentalis Menzies and Pernetta 1986

Species Phalanger vestitus Milne-Edwards 1877

Discussion: Does not include Spilocuscus (see Ride, 1970:248). Revised by Tate (1945), Feiler (1978 a i >c), and G. G. George (1979).