Phalangeridae

Translingual

Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus)

Etymology

Phalanger +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Phalangeridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Diprotodontia – the cuscuses, brushtail possums, etc.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Ailuropinae, Phalangerinae, Trichosurinae – subfamilies
  • Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, Strigocuscus, Trichosurus, Wyulda – genera

References

• Phalangeridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phalangeridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phalangeridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phalangeridae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• [1] in Mammal Species of the World^[2] at Bucknell.