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Taxon: Genus Phalanger Storr, 1780 - cuscuses (mammal)

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Authorship

Original name	:			Storr, 1780:33, 34.
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Types

Type of	:	*Phalangerini* (Tribe) Thomas, 1888
Type, by original designation	:	*Phalanger orientalis* (Pallas, 1766)

Synonyms

Accepted name	:	*Ailurops* (Genus) Wagler, 1830		Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name	:	*Stigocuscus* (Genus)		Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name	:	*Cuscus* (Genus) Illiger, 1811		Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Synonymous name	:	*Phalangista* (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795		Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Including	:	*Ailurops* (Genus) Wagler, 1830		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including	:	*Spilocuscus* (Genus) Gray, 1861[1862]		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including	:	*Strigocuscus* (Genus) Gray, 1861[1862]		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (English)

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cuscuses

Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

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