Woodlark cuscus

Woodlark cuscus[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. lullulae
Binomial name
Phalanger lullulae
Thomas, 1896
Woodlark cuscus range

The Woodlark cuscus (Phalanger lullulae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically on Madau and Woodlark Island, a part of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.[2] It happens to be the largest mammal living on Woodlark Island but it is also found on the neighboring island of Alcester, 70 kilometers south of Woodlark Island.[3]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S. (2016). "Phalanger lullulae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16846A21951419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16846A21951419.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Norris, C. (1999). "Phalanger lullulae". Mammalian Species (620): 1–4. doi:10.2307/3504488. JSTOR 3504488.