Phalanger orientalis Pallas 1766 (northern common cuscus)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Alternative combination: Didelphis orientalis
Belongs to Phalanger according to O. Thomas 1898
See also McNab 2008 and Sinery et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Phalanger breviceps, Phalanger carmelitae, Phalanger gymnotis, Phalanger intercastellanus, Phalanger leucippus, Phalanger maculatus, Phalanger sericeus, Phalanger vestitus, Phalangista cookii
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phalanger orientalis in the database
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