Eastern common cuscus
| Eastern common cuscus[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. intercastellanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalanger intercastellanus Thomas, 1895
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| Eastern common cuscus range | |
The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in eastern Papua New Guinea.[2] Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. mimicus, and before that also with P. orientalis.
The eastern common cuscus was introduced by humans into the Aru Islands and parts of northern Australia.[3]
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. p. 46. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S.; Salas, L. & Dickman, C. (2008). "Phalanger intercastellanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- ^ Schapper, Antoinette (2011). "Phalanger Facts: Notes on Blust's Marsupial Reconstructions". Oceanic Linguistics. 50 (1): 258–272. doi:10.1353/ol.2011.0004. S2CID 145482148.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Possums
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals described in 1895
- Diprotodont stubs