Banggai cuscus
Species of marsupial
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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]
| Banggai cuscus | |
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| A banggai cuscus on a tree | |
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) | |
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| Banggai cuscus range | |
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