Phalanger orientalis Pallas 1766 (northern common cuscus)
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 234497
Alternative combination: Didelphis orientalis
Belongs to Phalanger according to O. Thomas 1898
Sister taxa: Phalanger breviceps, Phalanger carmelitae, Phalanger gymnotis, Phalanger intercastellanus, Phalanger leucippus, Phalanger maculatus, Phalanger sericeus, Phalangista cookii
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore