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Phalangeriformes has been
recovered as
paraphyletic with
respect to Macropodiformes,
rendering the
latter a
subset of the
former if
Phalangeriformes are...
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Phalangeriformes is a
suborder of
Australian marsupial mammals.
Members of this
suborder are
called phalangeriformes, and
include possums, gliders, and...
- Diprotodontia. They may in fact be
nested within one of the suborders,
Phalangeriformes. Kangaroos,
wallabies and allies, bettongs,
potoroos and rat kangaroos...
- addition, the six
Phalangeriformes families are
split into two superfamilies. The
Macropodiformes are
probably nested within the
Phalangeriformes,
though whether...
-
native to
North America White-eared opossum,
native to
South America Phalangeriformes, also
called (o)possums, any of a
number of
arboreal marsupial species...
-
Phalangeriformes, and
further reorganizations have been proposed. In
addition to the
extant species,
eight species in the
suborder Phalangeriformes—four...
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Mammals are
divided into two
subclasses based on
reproductive techniques: egg
laying mammals (the monotremes), and live
birth mammals. The
second subclass...
- The
class Mammalia (mammals) is
divided into two
subclasses based on
reproductive techniques: egg-laying
mammals (yinotherians or
monotremes - see also...
- the
dropped "o"). The
Australasian arboreal marsupials of
suborder Phalangeriformes are also
called possums because of
their resemblance to opossums, but...
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There are
currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and
around 5,937
recognized living species of mammal.
Mammalian taxonomy is in
constant flux...
