Species profile—Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Australian spotted cuscus)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum) → Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Australian spotted cuscus)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum)
- Scientific name
- Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Gould, 1850)
- Common name
- Australian spotted cuscus
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1850). On new species of Mammalia and birds from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849: 109-112 Aves pl. 12.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 883
- Synonym(s)
- Spilocuscus maculatus
Spilocuscus maculatus nudicaudatus
Phalanger maculatus nudicaudatus
Phalangista nudicaudata
Phalanger maculatus - Alternate name(s)
- common spotted cuscus
spotted cuscus - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=883.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
