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phalangitis (fal-ăn-jy-tis) n. inflammation of a finger or toe, caused by infection of the soft tissues, bone, or joints or by rheumatic diseases. See also
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Prehistoric hunting strategies in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: the evidence of the cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) remains froOne-China Principlem Buang Merabak Cave.
Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT The cuscus, Phalanger orientalis, was probably the most...Pleistocene, hunting strategies, Phalanger orientalis, cuscus, New Ireland...particular prey species, the cuscus Phalanger orientalis in New Ireland, Papua...
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Japanese arrested for smuggling of rare animals
Newspaper article from: Asian Economic News; 3/30/1998; 363 words
; ...flight. According to the newspaper, the immigration officials found 25 phalangers in Karita's jacket, as well as a black cat and two monitor lizards in small bags. Phalangers are usually small or medium-sized nocturnal marsupials native to...
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LE PARCOURS ZOLIEN DE JEAN ECHENOZ.
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...s'enfonca dans un bras de marais grouillant d'insectes glauques et agressifs, pendant qu'au-dessus de sa tete les phalangers et les dasyures, emergeant de leur sommeil diurne, commencaient a s'activer dans les branchages." (MG 96-97) Le...
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In a few words
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/20/1999; 342 words
; ...RALPH BENNY . Both N. Sutterby and J. Manley have missed the point. The Australian ``opossums'', which are really phalangers, are endangered native species. The Virginia opossum is an undesirable alien, introduced to New Zealand from N. America...
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Westland business finds cash in pests
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/28/1999; 432 words
; ...possum skins a week will be required to keep his new fur- processing venture going, together with 10 staff. His company, Phalanger Traders, has also confirmed orders for 7000kg of regular possum fur with another 3000kg later in the year. During the weekend...
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A business which is playing possum
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 6/26/1999; 700+ words
; ...free world. Let them get on with it. Closer to home, though, a West Coast company is taking a more heartening approach. Phalanger Traders, named with the generic term for furry long-tailed Australian marsupials, is based in Hokitika and reckons it...
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Cougar
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/6/2000; ; 700 words
; ...exhibiting or selling without a license. ANIMALS REMOVED FROM HOME Two white doves, three prairie dogs, a hedgehog, a phalanger (Australian marsupial), a frilled and a Chinese water dragon, 13 chinchillas, 13 turtles (including two snapping turtles...
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Bleached possum fur in fashion
Newspaper article from: The Press; 7/2/1999; ; 440 words
; ...possum without any luck but it looks like we've done it," he said. Now the only problem facing Mr Gray's company, Phalanger Traders, is getting its hands on enough skins. He has orders for 12 tonnes of fur and for that he needs 180,000 skins...
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phalanger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...but atypical phalanger. Typical phalangers are nocturnal...slow-moving phalangers about the size...The honey phalanger is a mouse...Several types of phalanger have evolved...squirrels. Phalangers are classified...
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Perpendicular
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Perpendicular Phalangers are a small group of arboreal...recognized in six genera. Phalangers, more commonly known as...and the common cuscus ( Phalanger orientalis ) to the Solomon Islands. Phalangers are short, compact animals...
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Marsupialia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...Polyprotodonta, which includes the opossum-like insectivorous, carnivorous, and omnivorous forms; Diprotodontia, containing the phalangers, kangaroos, and other forms evolved from an opossum-like stock, but differing structurally from the polyprotodonts...
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cuscus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cuscus see phalanger .
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marsupial
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...correspondingly named placental mammals and, in many cases, are strikingly similar in appearance. See bandicoot , numbat , phalanger , Tasmanian devil , wombat . Bibliography: See H. Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials (1973); A. K. Lee and A. Cockburn...
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