Ornate cuscus
| Ornate cuscus[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. ornatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalanger ornatus (Gray, 1860) | |
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| Ornate cuscus range | |
The ornate cuscus or Molluccan cuscus (Phalanger ornatus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the North Maluku islands of Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai, at elevations from sea level to 1000 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Helgen, K., Wright, D., Allison, A. & Flannery, T. (2008). Phalanger ornatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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