The Gebe cuscus (''Phalanger alexandrae'') is a species of
marsupial in the family
Phalangeridae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the island of
Gebe
Gebe is an island in Maluku Islands, Indonesia, between Raja Ampat and Halmahera. Administratively it is part of Central Halmahera, North Maluku.
The island is part of a small island group which also includes Fau island, Yoi, Uta, and Sain.
...
,
North Maluku province,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.
It is named after the Australian anthropologist
Alexandra Szalay.
References
Possums
Mammals of Indonesia
Mammals described in 1995
Taxa named by Tim Flannery
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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