Southern Common Cuscus

Southern Common Cuscus[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species: P. mimicus
Binomial name
Phalanger mimicus
Thomas, 1895
Southern Common Cuscus range

The Southern Common Cuscus (Phalanger mimicus) is also known as Australian Cuscus, Grey Cuscus, Grey Phalanger, and To-ili. An arboreal marsupial, it is 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

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 47. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ Salas, L., Dickman, C. & Helgen, K. (2008). Phalanger mimicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 November 2008.