The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus, Strigocuscus celebensis, is an arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia. It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest, is nocturnal and folivorous, and is usually found in pairs. The species is threatened by hunting and deforestation. It is the smaller of the two cuscus species in the genus Strigocuscus, the dwarf cuscuses, which are found only on Sulawesi and its surrounding small islands. Sulawesi has sub-regions of endemism, so the genus may hold species or subspecies that science has not yet described.
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The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest and is nocturnal, folivorous and usually found in pairs.
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It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest
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S. celebensis is threatened by hunting and deforestation.
View the Source2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Strigocuscus celebensis species descriptions
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ongoing population decline
3. Animal Diversity Web: Strigocuscus celebensis
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CITES No special status
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Strigocuscus celebensis IUCN Red List category
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