Spilocuscus is a genus of marsupials in the family Phalangeridae. Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, on New Guinea and on smaller nearby islands. The genus contains five species: the Admiralty Island cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri), the common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), the Waigeou cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis), the black-spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) and the blue-eyed spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni). Like the other cuscuses it belongs to a family of mostly nocturnal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia.
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Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands.
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Spilocuscus is a genus of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
Species list
It contains the following species:
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Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands.
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Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands.
View the SourceAdmiralty Island cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Admiralty Island cuscus or Manus Island spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
Common spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), also known as the white cuscus, is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.
Waigeou cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Waigeou cuscus or Waigeou spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
Black-spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The black-spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The blue-eyed spotted cuscus or Biak spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni) is a species of critically endangered marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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