Waigeou cuscus
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Species of marsupial
| Waigeou cuscus[1] | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Spilocuscus |
| Species: | S. papuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spilocuscus papuensis (Desmarest, 1822)
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| Waigeou cuscus range | |
The Waigeou cuscus or Waigeou spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Waigeo in Indonesia,[2] and consequently the spelling Waigeo cuscus is often used instead of Waigeou cuscus. Unlike all other members of the genus Spilocuscus , both genders are whitish with black spots. It remains fairly common, but its small range makes it vulnerable to habitat loss and hunting.
References
[edit ]- ^ 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. 48. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Helgen, K.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Spilocuscus papuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T20638A21949972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20638A21949972.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022年01月14日.
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