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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER PHALANGERIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Phalangeroidea
--> FAMILY Phalangeridae
--> SUBFAMILY Phalangerinae
--> TRIBE Phalangerini
--> GENUS Phalanger
SPECIES Phalanger mimicus
| Author: | Thomas, 1922. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 679. | | Common Name: | Southern Common Cuscus | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Mimika River, Parimau, 4°31’S, 136°36’E, 250 ft (76 m). | | Distribution: | S New Guinea, from Mimika River (Prov. of Papua) east to Mt. Bosavi and Oriomo River; perhaps Aru Isls; Cape York Peninsula (Australia). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II as P. orientalis. | | Comments: | Separated from P. intercastellanus by Norris and Musser (2001). It is unclear whether this is the species on the Aru Isls. |
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