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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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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