Phalanger orientalis
(Pallas, 1766)
Northern Common Cuscus
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
Superorder | : Australidelphia |
Order | : Diprotodontia |
Suborder | : Phalangeriformes |
Family | : Phalangeridae |
Subfamily | : Phalangerinae |
Genus | : Phalanger |
Species status
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320972 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320978 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320979Original name as described
Didelphis orientalis
Other common names
Common Phalanger · Grey Cuscus
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"Amboyna" (= Ambon Island, Moluccas, Indonesia).
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. breviceps
Taxonomy notes citation
Kealy, S., Donnellan, S. C., Mitchell, K. J., Herrera, M., Aplin, K., O'Connor, S., & Louys, J. Phylogenetic relationships of the cuscuses (Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae) of island Southeast Asia and Melanesia based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene. Australian Mammalogy, 42(3), 266-276.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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