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Stein's cuscus

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Stein's cuscus, Phalanger vestitus, is a marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It lives in the mountains of New Guinea, where it shares its habitat with the mountain cuscus, the silky cuscus, the ground cuscus and the Telefomin cuscus, especially in the Star Mountains region. The mountain cuscus was treated as a subspecies of Stein's cuscus by Tate in 1945 before being recognised as a species of its own. Like other phalangerids it belongs to a family of mostly nocturnal marsupials, but the article on this species is very short and gives no figures for its size, diet or conservation status.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

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Phalanger, Taxa
Source Stein's cuscus (Wikipedia)
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Source Stein's cuscus (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Stein's cuscus (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Sources
1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Phalanger vestitus species descriptions
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Activity
    is nocturnal and typically solitary
  • Food and feeding
    is primarily folivorous
  • Conservation
    widespread hunting
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2. Stein's cuscus (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
  • Lead, where it lives
    It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Phalanger vestitus IUCN Red List category
Global Biodiversity Information FacilityIUCN Red List category
Quote, IUCN Red List category
"code": "LC"
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