Species profile—Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Australian spotted cuscus)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals) → Phalangeridae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=phalangeridae ) (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum) → Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Australian spotted cuscus)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3176?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=883#imgGallery )
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=883&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=883&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=883 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals)
- Family
- Phalangeridae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&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
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Spilocuscus%20nudicaudatus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=SPILOCUSCUS%2BNUDICAUDATUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=883 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=883 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
