Phalanger Storr, 1780 . Prodr. Meth. Mammal., p. 38.

TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis orientalis Pallas, 1766 .

SYNONYMS: Balantia, Cuscus, Phalangista, Sipalus.

COMMENTS: Does not include Spilocuscus (see Ride, 1970:248). Revised by Tate (1945), Feiler (1978a-c), and G. G. George (1979).