Family Phalangeridae Thomas, 1888 . Cat. Marsup. Monotr. Brit. Mus., p. 126.

COMMENTS: Distinct from Phascolarctidae (see Ride, 1970:22) and does not include Pseudocheiridae, Petauridae, Burramyidae, or Acrobatidae (see Aplin and Archer, 1987). A provisional classification was given by Flannery et al. (1987).