Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
       Suborder Phalangeriformes Szalay, 1982
         Superfamily Phalangeroidea Thomas, 1888 see Suborder Phalangeriformes Szalay, 1982
           Family Phalangeridae Thomas, 1888 - possums and cuscuses
             Subfamily Phalangerinae Thomas, 1888
               Tribe Trichosurini Flynn, 1911
                 Genus Strigocuscus Gray, 1861[1862]
                   Strigocuscus pelengensis (Tate, 1945)
                     1 [Strigocuscus pelengensis pelengensis]ᵀ (Tate, 1945)
                     2 Strigocuscus pelengensis mendeni (Feiler, 1978)