Spilocuscus maculatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Common Spotted Cuscus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangeriformes
Family : Phalangeridae
Subfamily : Phalangerinae
Genus : Spilocuscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Phalangista maculata

Other common names

Short-tailed Spotted Cuscus · Spotted Phalanger

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Les Moluques" (= Moluccas, Indonesia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. nudicaudatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000394

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cuscus chrysorrhous, var. Goldiei

(E. P. Ramsay, 1877)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

goldiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.543

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340277

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Spilocuscus tardus

K. M. Helgen, 2007

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

tardus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

AMNH M-109453

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-109453

Authority page

262

Authority publication

University of Adelaide

Phalangista maculata

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Paris

Phalangista chrysorrhos

(Temminck, 1824)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

chrysorrhos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13484.a, RMNH.MAM.13484.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13484.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13484.b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681196

Authority publication

Paris

Cuscus chrysorhos

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

chrysorhos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

188

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Spilocuscus maculatus chrysorrhous

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

chrysorrhous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Spilocuscus maculatus goldiei

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

goldiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Spilocuscus maculatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20636/21950307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spilocuscus maculatus maculatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Balantia variegata

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375872

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phalangista maculata

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044240

Authority publication

Paris

Phalangista variegata

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529019

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Cuscus maculatus

(Lesson & Garnot, 1826)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38660586

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cuscus chrysorrhos

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

chrysorrhos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207688

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Balantia maculata

(Kaup, 1835)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

book

Phalanger maculatus

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986591

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:37, 38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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