Spilocuscus Gray 1861

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11346899
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scientific name	Spilocuscus Gray 1861
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Spilocuscus Gray 1861 View in CoL

Spilocuscus Gray 1861 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861: 316.

Type Species: Phalangista maculata Desmarest 1818

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Spilocuscus kraemeri Schwarz 1910

Species Spilocuscus maculatus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. maculatus E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. chrysorrhous Temminck 1824

Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. goldiei Ramsay 1876

Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. nudicaudatus Gould 1850

Species Spilocuscus papuensis (Desmarest 1822)

Species Spilocuscus rufoniger Zimara 1937

Discussion: Separated from Phalanger by G. G. George (1979), and recognized by subsequent workers, though the separation was not mentioned by McKenna and Bell (1997).