Common spotted cuscus[1] | |
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Spilocuscus maculatus (male) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phalangeridae |
Genus: | Spilocuscus |
Species: | S. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Spilocuscus maculatus (E. Geoffroy, 1803)
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Common spotted cuscus range (brown — native, red — introduced, dark gray — origin uncertain) |
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.[citation needed]