Phalangist a (falanjista)

[NL. (Cuvier, 1800), L. phalanx ( phalang- ), phalanx: see phalanx.] The typical genus of Phalangistidæ: synonymous with Phalanger, 2. See phalanger. Phalangistidæ (fal-an-jis'ti-dē), n. pl. [NL., and species of Australia and Papua, of small or moderate size and arboreal habits, and diversified diet. It is divis ible into three subfamilies, Phalangist inæ, Tarsiped inæ, and Phascolarctinæ. See cuts under Acrobates, koala, Petaurist a, Cuscus, and Dromic i a. 2. The above family restricted by exclusion of Tarsiped inæ and Phascolarctinæ as types of separate families. Phalangist inæ (falan-jis-ti'nē), n. pl. [NL.,