Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875 (ground cuscus)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae

Alternative combination: Phalangista gymnotis

Belongs to Phalanger according to O. Thomas 1898

See also McNab 2008 and Sinery et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Phalanger breviceps, Phalanger carmelitae, Phalanger intercastellanus, Phalanger leucippus, Phalanger maculatus, Phalanger orientalis, Phalanger sericeus, Phalanger vestitus, Phalangista cookii

Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phalanger gymnotis in the database

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