Silky cuscus
| Silky cuscus[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. sericeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalanger sericeus Thomas, 1907
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| Silky cuscus range | |
The silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
Names
It is known as atwak, añ, or beŋ-tud in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]
Habitat
The silky cuscus is found in abundance across high elevations in the central mountains of the island of New Guinea, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.[4]
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S.; Aplin, K.; Salas, L. & Dickman, C. (2008). "Phalanger sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S.; Aplin, K.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2013). "Phalanger sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. version 2013.2.
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