The Banggai cuscus (''Strigocuscus pelengensis'') is a species of
cuscus, a type of
possum
Possum may refer to:
Animals
* Phalangeriformes, or possums, any of a number of arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi
** Common brushtail possum (''Trichosurus vulpecula''), a common possum in Australian urban a ...
. It is found in the
Peleng and
Sula Islands to the east of
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
in Indonesia.
[Mammal Species of the World By Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, page 49]
References
Possums
Mammals of Indonesia
Mammals described in 1945
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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