Black-spotted Cuscus
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Black-spotted Cuscus[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Spilocuscus
Species: S. rufoniger
Binomial name
Spilocuscus rufoniger
(Zimara, 1937)

The Black-spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 48-49. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Ailurops ursinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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