Spilocuscus maculatus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

[Phalangista] maculata E. Geoffroy 1803, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris: 149.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Vogelkop, Manokwari Div., Manokwari.

Vernacular Names: Common Spotted Cuscus.

Subspecies::

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

Distribution: New Guinea and adjacent small islands; Aru and Kei Isls, Seram, Ambon and Selayar Isls (Indonesia); Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia). On New Guinea, found mainly above 1200 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); CITES – Appendix II; but "common" in New Guinea (Flannery, 1990).

Discussion: Feiler (1978 a) included atrimaculatus in this species, but G. G. George (1979:98) placed it in rufoniger . Usually includes papuensis and kraemeri, but these were separated by Flannery (1994 a).