Northern common cuscus
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| Northern common cuscus[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. orientalis |
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| Phalanger orientalis (Pallas, 1766) |
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| Northern common cuscus range (blue — native, red — introduced, dark gray — origin uncertain) |
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The northern common cuscus (Phalanger orientalis), also known as the grey cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family native to northern New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands, but is now also found in the Bismarck Archipelago, south-east and central Moluccas, the Solomons and Timor, where it is believed to have been introduced in prehistoric times.[2] It was formerly considered conspecific with the allopatric P. intercastellanus and P. mimicus.
References [edit]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ a b Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Helgen, K., Wright, D., Allison, A., Hamilton, S., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. (2008). Phalanger orientalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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