Phalangeriformes

Translingual

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): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Petauroidea, Phalangeroidea (superfamilies)

References

Possum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phalangeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phalangeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Phalangeriformes on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Phalangeriformes in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Phalangeriformes at Encyclopedia of Life

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