Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 46

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scientific name	Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875
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Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875 , Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 7: 543.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Aru Isls, Gialnhegen Isl (restricted by Van der Feen, 1962:40).

Vernacular Names: Ground Cuscus.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Phalanger gymnotis subsp. gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875

Subspecies Phalanger gymnotis subsp. leucippus Thomas 1898

Distribution: New Guinea; Aru Isls and other small Indonesian islands.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Common.

Discussion: Distribution poorly known. Included in Strigocuscus by Flannery et al. (1987), but Norris (1994) and Kirsch et al. (1997) found that it is part of the Phalanger clade.