The Banggai cuscus, Strigocuscus pelengensis, is a species of cuscus, a type of possum in the family Phalangeridae. It is also known as the Peleng cuscus, Menden's cuscus or the Peleng phalanger. It is found on the Peleng and Sula Islands to the east of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is one of the two species in the genus Strigocuscus, the dwarf cuscuses, which are nocturnal arboreal marsupials found only on Sulawesi and its surrounding small islands. The Banggai cuscus is poorly documented, and the article on it gives no figures for its size, diet or conservation status.
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it is found in the Peleng and Sula Islands to the east of Sulawesi in Indonesia
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The Banggai cuscus (Strigocuscus pelengensis) is a species of cuscus, a type of possum.
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it is found in the Peleng and Sula Islands to the east of Sulawesi in Indonesia
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