Phalangeriformes

Translingual

Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus)

Etymology

From Phalanger +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Phalangeriformes

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Diprotodontia – possums, gliders etc., small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials of Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Petauroidea, Phalangeroidea (superfamilies)

References

• Phalangeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phalangeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phalangeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phalangeriformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phalangeriformes in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Phalangeriformes at Encyclopedia of Life