Cuscus | |
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Common spotted cuscus. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: |
Phalangeridae in part |
Genus | |
Cuscus (/ˈkʌskʌs/) is the common name generally given to the species within the four genera of Australasian possum:
The name is also applied in parts of Indonesia to the Sunda slow loris where people do not distinguish this from the "Kuskus" possums.