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Spilocuscus

  • Common Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus
    Common Spotted Cuscus
    Photo: garywwilson · CC BY 4.0

    The common spotted cuscus is a marsupial with a long tail that can grip branches. It lives in lowland tropical forest in New Guinea and also in mangroves in northeastern Australia, feeding mainly on leaves.

  • Australian Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus nudicaudatus
    Australian Spotted Cuscus
    Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

    This cuscus occurs in Cape York, Australia. It spends time in the canopy and has been seen wrapping palm fronds around its body to hide its fur.

  • Waigeo Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis
    Waigeo Spotted Cuscus
    Photo: Micha Baum · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The Waigeo spotted cuscus is an arboreal cuscus from islands west of New Guinea. It lives in forest and eats fruit, leaves, and insects.

  • Black Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus rufoniger
    Black Spotted Cuscus
    Photo: ZOOVANCHO180 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The black-spotted cuscus is an arboreal marsupial with black-and-red fur and different back patterns in males and females. It occurs in forests of northern New Guinea.

  • Admiralty Island Cuscus Spilocuscus kraemeri

    The Admiralty Island cuscus lives in forests on Manus and nearby islands. It is active in trees at night, and males and females have different coat colors.

  • Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus wilsoni

    Spilocuscus wilsoni occurs on Biak and Supiori islands in Indonesian Papua. An adult male found in secondary forest on Biak had brown spots and blotches on its back and sides, a beige belly, and blue-green eyes.

  • Common Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus

    The common spotted cuscus is a marsupial with a long tail that can grip branches. It lives in lowland tropical forest in New Guinea and also in mangroves in northeastern Australia, feeding mainly on leaves.

  • Black Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus rufoniger

    The black-spotted cuscus is an arboreal marsupial with black-and-red fur and different back patterns in males and females. It occurs in forests of northern New Guinea.

  • Waigeo Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis

    The Waigeo spotted cuscus is an arboreal cuscus from islands west of New Guinea. It lives in forest and eats fruit, leaves, and insects.

  • Australian Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus nudicaudatus

    This cuscus occurs in Cape York, Australia. It spends time in the canopy and has been seen wrapping palm fronds around its body to hide its fur.