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 Phalangerini Thomas, 1888
Genus Phalanger Storr, 1780 - cuscuses
Phalanger sericeus Thomas, 1907
1 [Phalanger sericeus sericeus]ᵀ Thomas, 1907
2 Phalanger sericeus occidentalis Menzies & Pernetta, 1986