Phalangeriformes
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Ground_Cuscus_cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg.webp)
Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus)
Etymology
From Phalanger + -iformes.
Proper noun
Phalangeriformes
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Diprotodontia – possums, gliders etc., small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials of Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Petauroidea, Phalangeroidea (superfamilies)
References
Phalangeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phalangeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phalangeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Phalangeriformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Phalangeriformes in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Phalangeriformes at Encyclopedia of Life