silky cuscus
{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}
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| name = Silky cuscus{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 47–48}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Phalanger
| species = sericeus
| authority = Thomas, 1907
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| range_map = Silky Cuscus area.png
| range_map_caption = 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.
Names
It is known as atwak, añ, sosus, or beŋ-tud in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
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.
References
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Category:Mammals described in 1907
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Marsupials of New Guinea
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