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Spotted Cuscuses
Spilocuscus
Spilocuscus is a genus of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. Its members are found on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea, and smaller nearby islands. It contains the following species:
Admiralty Island cuscus, Spilocuscus kraemeri
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Waigeo Spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus papuensis

Australian Spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus nudicaudatus

Common Spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus maculatus

Black-spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus rufoniger

Manus Island Spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus kraemeri

Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus
speciesSpilocuscus wilsoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42850.