Order Diprotodontia
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
43
70
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Phalangerinae Thomas 1888
Phalangerinae Thomas 1888
,
Cat. Marsup. Monotr. Brit. Mus.: 126
.
Genera:
5 genera with 25 species in 2 tribes:
Tribe
Phalangerini Thomas 1888
Genus
Phalanger
Storr 1780
(13 species with 10 subspecies)
Genus
Spilocuscus
Gray 1861
(4 species with 4 subspecies)
Tribe
Trichosurini Flynn 1911
Genus
Strigocuscus
Gray 1861
(2 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus
Trichosurus
Lesson 1828
(5 species)
Genus
Wyulda
Alexander 1918
(1 species)
Discussion:
Norris (1994)
, studying the anatomy of the periotic, and
Kirsch et al. (1997)
, on molecular grounds, divided this subfamily into two tribes,
Phalangerini
and
Trichosurini
.