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Gebe cuscus
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species: P. alexandrae
Binomial name
Phalanger alexandrae
Flannery & Boeadi, 1995
Gebe cuscus range

The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.

It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.

References

  1. 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. 46. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Flannery, T.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger alexandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16858A21950608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16858A21950608.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Watkins, Michael, 1940-, Grayson, Michael. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356.
Extant Diprotodontia species
Suborder Vombatiformes
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos
Vombatidae
(wombats)
Vombatus
Lasiorhinus
Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums)
Phalangeridae
(including cuscuses)
Ailurops
(bear cuscuses)
Phalanger
Spilocuscus
Strigocuscus
Trichosurus
(brushtail possums)
Wyulda
Burramyidae
(pygmy possums)
Burramys
Cercartetus
Tarsipedidae
Tarsipes
Petauridae
Dactylopsila
Gymnobelideus
Petaurus
Pseudocheiridae
Hemibelideus
Petauroides
(greater gliders)
Petropseudes
Pseudocheirus
Pseudochirulus
Pseudochirops
Acrobatidae
Acrobates
Distoechurus
Suborder Macropodiformes
Macropodidae
(includes wallabies)
Lagostrophus
Dendrolagus
(tree-kangaroos)
Dorcopsis
Dorcopsulus
Lagorchestes
(hare-wallabies)
Macropus
Notamacropus
Onychogalea
(nail-tail wallabies)
Osphranter
Petrogale
(rock-wallabies)
Setonix
Thylogale
(pademelons)
Wallabia
Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus
Bettongia
(bettongs)
Potorous
(potoroos)
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodon
Taxon identifiers
Phalanger alexandrae


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