Sulawesi dwarf cuscus | |
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Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
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) | |
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. It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest and is nocturnal, folivorous and usually found in pairs. S. celebensis is threatened by hunting and deforestation.
References
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Strigocuscus celebensis |
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