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Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes
Translingual
Proper noun
Phalangeriformes
- A taxonomic suborder within the cohort Marsupialia – possums, gliders etc., small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials of Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi.
Hypernyms
- (order): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Petauroidea, Phalangeroidea (superfamilies)