The Banggai cuscus (''Strigocuscus pelengensis'') is a species of
cuscus
Cuscus ( or ) is the common name generally given to the species within the four genera of Australasian possum of the family Phalangeridae with the most tropical distribution:
* '' Ailurops''
* '' Phalanger''
* '' Spilocuscus''
* '' Strigocuscus ...
, a type of
possum
Possum may refer to:
Animals
* Phalangeriformes, or possums, any of a number of arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi
** Common brushtail possum (''Trichosurus vulpecula''), a common possum in Australian urban a ...
. It is found in the
Peleng
Peleng is an island off the east coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is the largest island of the Banggai Islands (''Kepulauan Banggai''). It is surrounded by the Banda Sea and Molucca Sea and has an area of 2,406 km².
Some of the smaller ...
and
Sula Islands
The Sula Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula) is one of the regencies in North Maluku province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 3,338.67 km2 and consists of two of the three large islands comprising the Sula Archipelago, together w ...
to the east of
Sulawesi in Indonesia.
[Mammal Species of the World By Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, page 49]
References
Possums
Mammals of Indonesia
Mammals described in 1945
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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