Banggai cuscus

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Banggai cuscus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Strigocuscus
Species: S. pelengensis
Binomial name
Strigocuscus pelengensis
(Tate, 1945)
Banggai Cuscus range

The Banggai cuscus (Strigocuscus pelengensis) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

It is a species of cuscus, a type of possum. It is found in the Peleng and Sula Islands of Indonesia.[2]

References

  1. Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Helgen, K., Allison, A., James, R., Flannery, T., Aplin, K., Dickman, C. & Salas, L. (2008). Strigocuscus pelengensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  2. Mammal Species of the World By Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, page 49
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