Ailurops Wagler 1830

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 45

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scientific name	Ailurops Wagler 1830
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Treatment

Ailurops Wagler 1830 , Naturliches Syst. Amphibien: 26.

Type Species: Phalangista ursina Temminck 1824

Synonyms: Ceonix Temminck 1827 ; Eucuscus Gray 1862 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Ailurops melanotis Thomas 1898

Species Ailurops ursinus (Temminck 1824)

Subspecies Ailurops ursinus subsp. ursinus Temminck 1824

Subspecies Ailurops ursinus subsp. flavissimus Feiler 1977

Subspecies Ailurops ursinus subsp. furvus Miller and Hollister 1922

Subspecies Ailurops ursinus subsp. togianus Tate 1945

Discussion: McKenna and Bell (1997) did not separate this genus from Phalanger , but Flannery et al. (1987) had placed it in its own subfamily, Ailuropinae , citing evidence that it is the sister-group of the rest of the Phalangeridae .