Pseudocheirus Ogilby, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth), 1:457.

TYPE SPECIES: Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1818 (= Didelphis peregrinus Boddaert, 1785), see Thomas (1888).

SYNONYMS: Hepoona, Pseudochirulus, Pseudochirus, Ptenos .

COMMENTS: Pseudochirus Ogilby, 1836 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:26 is a nomen nudum, see Palmer (1904).