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SPECIES Spilocuscus papuensis

Author:Desmarest, 1822.
Citation:Encycl. Méth. Mamm. Suppl.: 541.
Common Name:Waigeou Cuscus
Type Locality:Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Waigeou Isl.
Distribution:Waigeou.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Separated as a species by Flannery (1994a).
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Synonyms:

    quoy (Gaimard, 1824)
    macrourus (Lesson and Garnot, 1826)

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