A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Phalangeridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Talaud Bear CuscusAilurops melanotis (Thomas, 1898) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Bear CuscusAilurops ursinus (Temminck, 1824) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gebe CuscusPhalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain CuscusPhalanger carmelitae Thomas, 1898 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ground CuscusPhalanger gymnotis Peters & Doria, 1875 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Common CuscusPhalanger intercastellanus Thomas, 1895 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Telefomin CuscusPhalanger matanim Flannery, 1987 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Common CuscusPhalanger mimicus Thomas, 1922 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Common CuscusPhalanger orientalis (Pallas, 1766) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan CuscusPhalanger ornatus (Gray, 1860) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banggai CuscusPhalanger pelengensis Tate, 1945 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Obi CuscusPhalanger rothschildi Thomas, 1898 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silky CuscusPhalanger sericeus Thomas, 1907 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stein's CuscusPhalanger vestitus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1877) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Admiralty Island CuscusSpilocuscus kraemeri (Schwarz, 1910) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Spotted CuscusSpilocuscus maculatus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian Spotted CuscusSpilocuscus nudicaudatus (Gould, 1850) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Waigeo Spotted CuscusSpilocuscus papuensis (Desmarest, 1822) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-eyed Spotted CuscusSpilocuscus wilsoni Helgen & Flannery, 2004 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Sulawesi CuscusStrigocuscus celebensis (Gray, 1858) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-eared Brush-tailed PossumTrichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1835) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Brush-tailed PossumTrichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach & Viggers, 2002 | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery Brush-tailed PossumTrichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Brush-tailed PossumTrichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) | PhalangeridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.