Family Phalangeridae Thomas 1888 (possum)
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Synonyms: Phalangistidae Gray 1821, Phalangistina Gray 1825
Parent taxon: Phalangeriformes according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gray 1825, Lydekker 1894, McKenna and Bell 1997, Munemasa et al. 2006, Nowak 1991 and Pocock 1921
Sister taxa: Acrobatidae, Burramyidae, Petauridae, Tarsipedidae
Subtaxa: Ailuropinae Cercaertus Palaeopetaurus Phalanger Phalangerinae Phascolaretus Trichosurus Wyulda
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore
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