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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER PHALANGERIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Phalangeroidea
--> FAMILY Phalangeridae
--> SUBFAMILY Phalangerinae
--> TRIBE Phalangerini
--> GENUS Phalanger
SPECIES Phalanger orientalis
| Author: | Pallas, 1766. | | Citation: | Misc. Zool.: 61. | | Common Name: | Northern Common Cuscus | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Amboina (= Ambon) Isl, Maluku. | | Distribution: | Timor, Sanana (Sulu Isls), Buru, Halmahera and Seram Isls (Indonesia) to northern New Guinea, Karkar Isl, Schouten group, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls; Sanana (Sula Isls), Buru, and Halmahera. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); CITES – Appendix II. | | Comments: | Formerly included intercastellanus, interpositus (= vestitus) and lullulae (see G. G. George, 1979). Flannery et al. (1987) first suggested that the southern races may prove to be specifically distinct; Flannery (1990) did not adopt this course, but Flannery (1994a) separated them. Two undescribed species, related to P. orientalis, occur on Mt. Karimui. The species needs revision; Flannery (1995b) provisionally recognized only Solomons/Bismarcks breviceps as a subspecies. |
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