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.
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It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Phalanger vestitus species descriptions
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is nocturnal and typically solitary
Food and feeding
is primarily folivorous
Conservation
widespread hunting
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Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Phalanger vestitus IUCN Red List category
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