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Southern common cuscus

Mammals

The southern common cuscus, also known as the Australian cuscus, gray phalanger, or to-ili, is an arboreal marsupial endemic to Australia, southern New Guinea, and possibly the Aru Islands. It was until recently considered the same species as Phalanger intercastellanus, and before that also as Phalanger orientalis. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Phalanger mimicus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Phalanger, Taxa
Source Southern common cuscus (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Southern common cuscus (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The southern common cuscus (Phalanger mimicus), also known as Australian cuscus, gray phalanger, and to-ili, is an arboreal marsupial endemic to Australia (Cape York), southern New Guinea and possibly the Aru Islands.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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3. Southern common cuscus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q135148 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Phalanger, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1413190 (Phalanger)
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