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Blue-eyed cuscus

Blue-eyed cuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. matabiru
Binomial name
Phalanger matabiru
Flannery & Boeadi, 1995
Blue-eyed cuscus range

The blue-eyed cuscus (Phalanger matabiru) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.[2] It is endemic to the two small islands of Ternate and Tidore, west of the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, Indonesia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Flannery, T.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2019). "Phalanger matabiru". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136200A21951146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136200A21951146.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.