Gebe cuscus
The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m. It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Phalanger |
| Species: | P. alexandrae
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| Phalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995
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The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.[2]
It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Flannery, T.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger alexandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T16858A21950608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16858A21950608.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Watkins, Michael, 1940-, Grayson, Michael. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356.
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