Phalanger
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(fln´jr), any of the numerous and varied marsupials, or pouched mammals, of the family Phalangeridae, found in Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands.
Phalanger This name is given to numerous aboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, these are found in the Australian region.
Phalangerids are relatively large, compared with other possums. The smallest species, the Sulawesi Bear Cuscus, is cat-sized, averaging 34 cm in length, while the largest, the Black-spotted Cuscus is around 70 cm long, and weighs 5 kilograms.
Phalangerids have bilobed, bunodont molars. The upper third premolar is strikingly plagiaulacoid. The dental formula is 3/2, 1/0, 1/1-2, 4/4 = 34-36. Their skulls are strongly built, flattened in profile, with deep zygomatic arches.
Phalangeridae
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Comprised of the genus followed by the species...
Phalanger is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. It is one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses.
Genus Phalanger ...
Phalanger
Gebe Cuscus (P. alexandrae) Â- Mountain Cuscus (P. carmelitae) Â- Ground Cuscus (P. gymnotis) Â- Eastern Common Cuscus (P. intercastellanus) Â- Woodlark Cuscus (P. lullulae) Â- Blue-eyed Cuscus (P. matabiru) Â- Telefomin Cuscus (P. matanim) ...
Although intimately connected with the cuscuses and phalangers by means of the musk-kangaroo, the kangaroos and wallabies, together with the rat-kangaroos, are easily distinguishable from other diprotodont marsupials by their general conformation, ...
Further Ektopodontidae (Phalangeroidea, Mammalia) from southwestern Victoria. Alcheringa 30, 133-140.
Stirton, R. A., Tedford, R. H. and Woodburne, M. O. 1967. A new Tertiary Formation and vertebrate fauna from the Tirari Desert, South Australia.
Furry Features: Flying phalangers are typically nocturnal, most being small in size (sometimes around 400 mm, counting the tail), and have folds of loose skin running from the wrists to the ankles.
The Sugar Glider is also known as the Lesser Flying Phalanger and the Short-Headed Flying Phalanger.
Their most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammal in the world naturally capable of flight; other mammals, such as flying squirrels and gliding phalangers, ...
 See also: Marsupial, Manatee, Possum, Cuscus, Opossum
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