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australian_possum
📅 Updated:2026-05-20
🕒 Created:2023-06-09
🆔 ID:51707
Description
Phalangeriformes are a suborder of long-tailed marsupials typically referred to as possums. Other common names associated with this suborder include glider and cuscus, both types of possums. They are generally nocturnal and arboreal, adjusting well to urban sprawl. Their diets range from general herbivore and omnivore to specialized browser (leaf-eating), insectivore, and nectarivore (nectar-consuming) depending on species.
Despite some naming similarity, there are no opossums in this suborder. In fact, opossums form an entirely different order.
Families, genera, and species
- marsupial
- diprodontia (order)
- phalangeriformes (suborder)
- acrobatid
- phalangeridae
- tarsipedidae
- petaurid
- pseudocheiridae
- burramyidae
- phalangeriformes (suborder)
- diprodontia (order)
More information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalangeriformes
