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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. sericeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalanger sericeus Thomas, 1907
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| Silky cuscus range | |
The silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.2
Names
It is known as atwak, añ, sosus, or beŋ-tud in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.3
Habitat
The silky cuscus is found in abundance across high elevations in the central mountains of the island of New Guinea, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.2
References
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Hamilton, S.; Aplin, K.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T16855A21951235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16855A21951235.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.