Telefomin Cuscus

Taxobox
name = Telefomin Cuscus
status = CR
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Phalangeridae
genus = "Phalanger"
species = "P. matanim"
binomial = "Phalanger matanim"
binomial_authority = Flannery, 1987The Telefomin Cuscus ("Phalanger matanim") is a possum found on New Guinea.

It is named after the Telefol ethnic group, who knew the animal long before it was discovered scientifically by the Australian zoologist Tim Flannery. It lives in the oak forests along the Nong River in the middle of Papua New Guinea, at altitudes between 1500 and 2000m. After the drought and wildfires of 1997 these forests were destroyed, which probably made the species extinct.

References

* Listed as Endangered (EN B1+2e v2.3)
*MSW3 Groves|pages=47