Mountain cuscus

Mountain cuscus[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species: P. carmelitae
Binomial name
Phalanger carmelitae
Thomas, 1898
Mountain cuscus range

The mountain cuscus (Phalanger carmelitae) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Helgen, K., Wright, D., Allison, A., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. (2008). Phalanger carmelitae. 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