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| Phalanger gymnotisatCotswold Wildlife Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
| Tribe: | Phalangerini |
| Genus: | Phalanger Storr, 1780 |
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| Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766 | |
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Phalanger (from the Greek phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes[1]) is a genusofpossums. 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.
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