Southern Common Cuscus
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| Phalanger mimicus Thomas, 1895 |
The Southern Common Cuscus (Phalanger mimicus) is also known as Grey Cuscus, Grey Phalanger, and To-ili. An arboreal marsupial, it is indigenous to New Guinea, and is thought to have been deliberately introduced to the Bismarck Archipelago and surrounding areas by humans 20-18 thousand years ago. It eats flowers,leaves and fruit
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 47. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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