Any of various small arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a long tail and dense woolly fur and including the cuscus and the flying phalanger. 袋貂结趾科中的一种栖于树上的小型有袋动物,生长在澳大利亚及其毗临岛屿上,有长尾和浓密的皮毛,包括袋猴和飞行袋貂。
Phalanger, from the Greek Phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed (fused) toes is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. It is one of the four genera whose species are commonly referred to as cuscuses. In Australia, however, they are called possums.