Northern common cuscus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern common cuscus lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phalanger orientalis
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Phalangeridae

Where does the northern common cuscus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern common cuscus in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the northern common cuscus endangered?

The northern common cuscus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern common cuscus?

The northern common cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Phalangeridae, genus Phalanger. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern common cuscus

The northern common cuscus (Phalanger orientalis), also known as the gray cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae native to northern New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands, but is now also found in the Bismarck Archipelago, southeast and central Moluccas, the Solomons, and Timor, where it is believed to have been introduced in prehistoric times from New Guinea. It was formerly considered conspecific with the allopatric P. intercastellanus and P. mimicus.

It is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern common cuscus (revision 1314908072), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209996 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).