Banggai cuscus

Banggai cuscus
A banggai cuscus on a tree
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phalangeridae
Genus:	Strigocuscus
Species:	S. pelengensis
Binomial name
Strigocuscus pelengensis (Tate, 1945)
Banggai cuscus range

The Banggai cuscus (Strigocuscus pelengensis) is a species of cuscus, a type of possum. Also known as the Peleng cuscus, Menden's cuscus or Peleng phalanger, ^[2] it is found in the Peleng and Sula Islands to the east of Sulawesi in Indonesia. ^[3]

References

1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Flannery, T.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Strigocuscus pelengensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T20892A21951846. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20892A21951846.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "Phalanger pelengensis Tate, 1945". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 28 August 2025.
3. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.