Biology:Cuscus
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Cuscus (/ˈkʌskʌs/ or /ˈkuːskuːs/) is a common name given to the species belonging to four genera of Australasian possums in the family Phalangeridae: Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus.[1] The name comes from the word kusu or kuso in some local related languages spoken in the Maluku Islands like Bacan and Ambonese Malay.[2] It is also applied in parts of Indonesia to the Sunda slow loris, where people do not distinguish this from the "kuskus" possums. The loris, being a primate, is unrelated to the other cuscus species. Cuscus are marsupials, even though they have some appearances, traits and attributes like those of lemurs of Madagascar, which are prosimians,[3] due to convergent evolution.
| Cuscuses | |||
| Image | Genus | Species | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150px | Ailurops Wagler, 1830 |
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[1]: 485–486 |
| 150px | Phalanger Storr, 1780 |
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[1]: 489–493 |
| 150px | Spilocuscus Gray, 1862 |
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[1]: 495–497 |
| 150px | Strigocuscus Gray, 1862 |
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[1]: 486 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wilson, Don E.; Mittermeier, Russell A., eds (2015). "Family Phalangeridae (Cuscuses, brush-tailed possums and scaly-tailed possum)". Handbook of the Mammals of the World Volume 5: Monotremes and Marsupials. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 456–497. ISBN 978-84-96553-99-6. OCLC 914158646.
- ↑ See:
- Flannery, Tim (1995). Mammals of The South West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Sydney: Australian Museum.
- van der Zon, A.P.M (1979). Mamalia of Indonesia. UNDP-FAO Park Development Project.
- ↑ "Common spotted cuscus a marsupial furball" (in en-AU). 2014-08-21. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2014/08/common-spotted-cuscus/.
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