Phalanger maculatus Geoffroy 1803 (common spotted cuscus)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae

Alternative combinations: Phalangista maculata, Spilocuscus maculatus

Belongs to Phalanger according to R. I. Pocock 1921

See also McNab 2008 and Sinery et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Phalanger breviceps, Phalanger carmelitae, Phalanger gymnotis, Phalanger intercastellanus, Phalanger leucippus, Phalanger orientalis, Phalanger sericeus, Phalanger vestitus, Phalangista cookii

Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phalanger maculatus in the database

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