Woodlark cuscus

The Woodlark cuscus, Phalanger lullulae, is a marsupial in the family Phalangeridae endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it lives on Madau and Woodlark Island in Milne Bay Province and on neighbouring Alcester Island. It is the largest mammal on Woodlark Island. It is a medium-sized, solitary, nocturnal animal with a marbled coat of white, dark brown and ginger, found in primary and secondary tropical forest and preferring dry lowland forest. Only eight specimens were known before 1987, when surveys showed it to be abundant on the eastern half of the island. The IUCN now lists it as endangered, locals hunt it, and the main threat is a planned palm oil development.