Southern common cuscus
Southern common cuscus[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phalangeridae |
Genus: | Phalanger |
Species: | P. mimicus
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Binomial name | |
Phalanger mimicus Thomas, 1922
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Southern common cuscus range |
The southern common cuscus (Phalanger mimicus), also known as Australian cuscus, grey cuscus, grey phalanger, and to-ili, is an arboreal marsupial endemic to Australia (Cape York), southern New Guinea and possibly the Aru Islands. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. intercastellanus, and before that also with P. orientalis.
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. 47. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Salas, L.; Dickman, C.; Helgen, K. (2016). "Phalanger mimicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136450A21951638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136450A21951638.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Possums
- Marsupials of Australia
- Mammals of Queensland
- Mammals described in 1922
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Diprotodont stubs