Authority citation: Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320972 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320978 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320979
Original name as described: Didelphis orientalis
Nominal names: orientalis (Pallas, 1766) | indicus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | moluccus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | amboinensis (de Lacépède, 1799) | albus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | rufus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | fusca (Oken, 1816) [placed on index] | minor (Oken, 1816) [placed on index] | moluccensis (Oken, 1816) [placed on index] | fuscus (H. R. Schinz, 1821) | minor (H. R. Schinz, 1821) | cavifrons (Temminck, 1824) | timoriensis Menzies & Pernetta, 1986
Other common names: Common Phalanger|Grey Cuscus
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Marsupialia -- Order: Diprotodontia -- Family: Phalangeridae -- Subfamily: Phalangerinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: untraced (number not known)
Type locality: "Amboyna" (= Ambon Island, Moluccas, Indonesia).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN) | Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included P. breviceps
Citation: Kealy, S., Donnellan, S. C., Mitchell, K. J., Herrera, M., Aplin, K., O'Connor, S., & Louys, J. Phylogenetic relationships of the cuscuses (Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae) of island Southeast Asia and Melanesia based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene. Australian Mammalogy, 42(3), 266-276.
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