Phalanger orientalis (Pallas 1766)
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Phalanger orientalis (Pallas 1766) View in CoL
[Didelphis] orientalis Pallas 1766 , Misc. Zool.: 61.
Type Locality: Indonesia, Amboina (= Ambon) Isl, Maluku.
Vernacular Names: Northern Common Cuscus.
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Subspecies Phalanger orientalis subsp. orientalis Pallas 1766
Subspecies Phalanger orientalis subsp. breviceps Thomas 1888
Distribution: Timor, Sanana (Sulu Isls), Buru, Halmahera and Seram Isls ( Indonesia) to northern New Guinea, Karkar Isl, Schouten group, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls; Sanana (Sula Isls), Buru, and Halmahera.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); CITES – Appendix II.
Discussion: Formerly included intercastellanus , interpositus (= vestitus ) and lullulae (see G. G. George, 1979). Flannery et al. (1987) first suggested that the southern races may prove to be specifically distinct; Flannery (1990) did not adopt this course, but Flannery (1994 a) separated them. Two undescribed species, related to P. orientalis , occur on Mt. Karimui. The species needs revision; Flannery (1995 b) provisionally recognized only Solomons/Bismarcks breviceps as a subspecies.
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Phalanger orientalis (Pallas 1766)
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
[Didelphis] orientalis
Pallas 1766: 61 |