Silky cuscus[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. sericeus
Binomial name
Phalanger sericeus
Thomas, 1907
Silky cuscus range

The silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

Names

It is known as atwak, añ, sosus, or beŋ-tud in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]

Habitat

The silky cuscus is found in abundance across high elevations in the central mountains of the island of New Guinea, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.[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. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S.; Aplin, K.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16855A21951235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16855A21951235.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.


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