Spilocuscus wilsoni

K. M. Helgen & Flannery, 2004

Blue-eyed 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

Authority citation

Helgen, K.M. and Flannery, T.F. 2004-10. Notes on the phalangerid marsupial genus Spilocuscus, with description of a new species from Papua. Journal of Mammalogy 85(5):825-833.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/BER-110

Original name as described

Spilocuscus wilsoni

Other common names

Biak Spotted Cuscus · Wilson's Spotted Cuscus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.12727.a, RMNH.MAM.12727.b

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Biak, Cenderawasih (= Geelvink) Bay (Papua, Indonesia)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M., & Flannery, T. F. (2004). Notes on the phalangerid marsupial genus Spilocuscus, with description of a new species from Papua. Journal of Mammalogy, 85(5), 825-833.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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