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{{short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{About|the genus|the [[PHP]] compiler|Phalanger (compiler)|other animals called phalanger|Phalanger (disambiguation)}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Ground Cuscus cotswoldwildlifepark.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Phalanger gymnotis]]'' at [[Cotswold Wildlife Park]]
| taxon = Phalanger
| authority = [[Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr|Storr]], 1780
| display_parents = 3
| type_species = ''[[Northern Common Cuscus|Didelphis orientalis]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1766
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 13, see text
}}

'''''Phalanger''''' (from the Greek ''phalangion'', meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes<ref>Chambers English Dictionary</ref>) is a [[genus]] of [[Phalangeriformes|possum]]s. Its members are found on [[New Guinea]], the [[Maluku Islands]], other nearby small islands, and Australia's [[Cape York Peninsula]]. They are [[marsupial]]s of the family [[Phalangeridae]],<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Diprotodontia | id = 11000042 | pages = 46-48 | heading = Genus ''Phalanger''}}</ref> and are one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as [[cuscus]]es.

*Genus ''Phalanger''
**[[Gebe cuscus]], ''P. alexandrae''
**[[Mountain cuscus]], ''P. carmelitae''
**[[Ground cuscus]], ''P. gymnotis''
**[[Eastern common cuscus]], ''P. intercastellanus''
**[[Woodlark cuscus]], ''P. lullulae''
**[[Blue-eyed cuscus]], ''P. matabiru''
**[[Telefomin cuscus]], ''P. matanim''
**[[Southern common cuscus]], ''P. mimicus''
**[[Northern common cuscus]], ''P. orientalis''
**[[Ornate cuscus]], ''P. ornatus''
**[[Rothschild's cuscus]], ''P. rothschildi''
**[[Silky cuscus]], ''P. sericeus''
**[[Stein's cuscus]], ''P. vestitus''

==References==
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[[Category:Possums]]
[[Category:Marsupials of Oceania]]
[[Category:Marsupial genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr]]


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