Spilocuscus rufoniger

(Zimara, 1937)

Black 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

Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 74, 35

Original name as described

Phalanger maculatus rufoniger

Other common names

Black-spotted Phalanger

Type locality

"Sattelberg [= Huon Gulf]," Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000397

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.

Phalanger atrimaculatus

(Tate, 1945)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

atrimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-151813

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-151813

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Phalanger rufoniger

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

rufoniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Spilocuscus rufoniger

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

rufoniger

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 (2015:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20639/21949788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phalanger maculatus rufoniger

(Zimara, 1937)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

rufoniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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