Biology:Gebe cuscus

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Gebe cuscus[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. alexandrae
Binomial name
Phalanger alexandrae
Flannery T. F & Boeadi, 1995
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Gebe cuscus range

The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.[2]

It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.[3]

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000043. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Flannery, T.; Salas, L. et al. (2016). "Phalanger alexandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16858A21950608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16858A21950608.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16858/21950608. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  3. Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Watkins, Michael, 1940-, Grayson, Michael.. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 7. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/593239356. 

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