Phalanger carmelitae Thomas 1898 (mountain cuscus)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Full reference: O. Thomas. 1898. Descriptions of two new cuscuses (Phalanger) obtained by Dr. Loria in British New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 19:5-8
Belongs to Phalanger according to O. Thomas 1898
See also McNab 2008
Sister taxa: Phalanger breviceps, Phalanger gymnotis, Phalanger intercastellanus, Phalanger leucippus, Phalanger maculatus, Phalanger orientalis, Phalanger sericeus, Phalanger vestitus, Phalangista cookii
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phalanger carmelitae in the database
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