The surgeon carefully examined the intermediate phalanges before deciding on the corrective procedure.

Phalangerids are nocturnal marsupials often seen clinging to tree trunks in the rainforests.

The phalangerid slipped silently through the rainforest canopy, searching for fruit beneath the moonlight.

Field biologists debated whether the newly discovered nocturnal mammals belonged to phalangeriforms or represented a separate evolutionary lineage.

A rare phalangeriform was spotted napping in the eucalyptus canopy by the biologists.