Admiralty Island Cuscus

Admiralty Island Cuscus[1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phalangeridae
Genus:	Spilocuscus
Species:	S. kraemeri
Binomial name
Spilocuscus kraemeri (Schwartz, 1910)
Admiralty Island Cuscus range

The Admiralty Island Cuscus or Manus Island Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri) is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.^[2] It is the smallest member of the genus Spilocuscus, and the female has a black back, while the male has blackish spots on a white background. Both genders have rufous heads.

References

1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 48. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Helgen, K., Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J. & Wright, D. (2008). Spilocuscus kraemeri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as near threatened

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