| Ground cuscus[1] | |
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| Ground cuscus at Cotswold Wildlife Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. gymnotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalanger gymnotis | |
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| Ground cuscus range | |
The ground cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) is a marsupial from the order Diprotodontia and belongs within the family Phalangeridae, a diverse family consisting of the other cuscus species and the brushtail possums (Trichosurus spp.) and the scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata).
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger gymnotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16856A21951309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16856A21951309.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.