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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderDiprotodontia
  5. ›familyPhalangeridae
  6. ›genusPhalanger
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Gebe Cuscus

Phalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995

Also calledCouscous de Gebe (fra) · Cuscus-de-Gebe (por) · Cuscús de la Isla Gebe (spa) · Gebe-Kuskus (deu) · Phalanger de Gebe (fra) · pałanka wyspowa (pol) · ゲベクスクス (jpn)

First described in: Aust. Mammal. vol.18 p.42

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Very restricted distribution.

Order Diprotodontia

materials_examined

Type Locality: Indonesia, North Moluccas, Gebe Isl, near the airport (0 ° 05 ’ S, 129 ° 25 ’ E).

Order Diprotodontia

description

Condition. Complete cranium and dentaries; soft palate retained on skull. Study skin complete in good condition; hole in skin on left side of throat, bald patch on the dorsal surface of the neck.

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

description

Current name. Phalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995; following Groves (2005 d).

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440257.