Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
Species of marsupial
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Conservation status | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phalangeridae |
Genus: | Strigocuscus |
Species: | S. celebensis |
Binomial name | |
Strigocuscus celebensis (J. E. Gray, 1858) | |
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Sulawesi dwarf cuscus range |
The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.[2] It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest and is nocturnal, folivorous and usually found in pairs.[1] S. celebensis is threatened by hunting and deforestation.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Helgen, K.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2020). "Strigocuscus celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T20890A21951742. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T20890A21951742.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant Diprotodontia species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Marsupialia
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