The Gebe cuscus, Phalanger alexandrae, is a marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe in the North Maluku province of Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m. The species is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay. It belongs to Phalanger, the largest genus of cuscuses, whose thirteen species range across New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. Like other members of its family it is expected to be a mostly nocturnal, arboreal animal, but the article on this species gives no details of its habits, diet or conservation status.
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It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.
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threatened by hunting for food
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conversion of forest for mining and agricultural use
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The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.
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