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Ornate cuscus

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Ornate Cuscus[1]
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P. ornatus
Binomial name
Phalanger ornatus
(Gray, 1860)

The Ornate Cuscus or Molluccan Cuscus (Phalanger ornatus) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

References

  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. 47. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern