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Eastern common cuscus

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Eastern Common Cuscus[1]
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P. intercastellanus
Binomial name
Phalanger intercastellanus
Thomas, 1895
Eastern Common Cuscus range

The Eastern Common Cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea.[2] Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. mimicus, and before that also with P. orientalis.

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