Southern common cuscus[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. mimicus
Binomial name
Phalanger mimicus
Thomas, 1922
Southern common cuscus range

The southern common cuscus (Phalanger mimicus), also known as Australian cuscus, gray phalanger, and to-ili, is an arboreal marsupial endemic to Australia (Cape York), southern New Guinea and possibly the Aru Islands. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. intercastellanus, 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. 47. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Salas, L.; Dickman, C.; Helgen, K. (2016). "Phalanger mimicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136450A21951638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136450A21951638.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.


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