Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Diprotodontia

Subsequent positions

Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888

Original entries

Questionably Ailuropinae (Subfamily) Flannery et al., in M. Archer, ed., 1987
Questionably Phalangerinae (Subfamily) Thomas, 1888
Questionably Wyulda (Genus) Alexander, 1918

Subsequent entries

Phalanger (Genus) Storr, 1780
Spilocuscus (Genus) Gray, 1861[1862]
Strigocuscus (Genus) Gray, 1861[1862]
Trichosurus (Genus) Lesson, 1828

Current position

Phalangeriformes (Suborder) Szalay, 1982

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 46.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 67.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.

Historical positions

Phalangeriformes (Suborder) Szalay, 1982	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 45.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 61.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 46; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 67.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 17.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1019-1020.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 611.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;27s;23ss; †4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6g;27s;23ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	6g;30s
2005	C.P. Groves	[6g;27s;23ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g]
1993	C.P. Groves	6g;18s
1991	R.M. Nowak	6g;20s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5g];21s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3g;[9s]
1973	W. Fiedler et al.	3sf;15(14)g;42(41)s