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
             1 Subfamily Ailuropinae Flannery et al., in M. Archer, ed., 1987
             2 Subfamily Phalangerinae Thomas, 1888