Definition of Phalangeridae

1. Noun. Phalangers; koalas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalangeridae

Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyta
Phaethon
Phaethontidae
Phaeton
Phagun
Phaistos
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis amabilis
Phalaenoptilus
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Phalange
Phalangeridae
Phalangida
Phalangiidae
Phalangist
Phalangists
Phalangium
Phalangium opilio
Phalanx
Phalaris
Phalaris aquatica
Phalaris arundinacea
Phalaris canariensis
Phalaris tuberosa
Phalaropidae
Phalaropus

Literary usage of Phalangeridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"It is intermediate between the Macropodidae and the phalangeridae, ... which is one of the salient features in the structure of the phalangeridae. ..."

2. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"The phalangeridae also includes the koala, the Australian native bear ... in the tea trees of Westralia, is so different from the other phalangeridae, VOL. ..."

3. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"The second family, the phalangeridae, or Australian opossums, have normally ... They resemble the phalangeridae in having three upper incisors on each side, ..."

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