Phalanger ornatus

Habitat. Primary tropical moist and secondary forest, rural gardens, and other degraded habitats.

Sumber: Phalangeridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Sumber: Phalangeridae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Although the Moluccan Cuscus is an island endemic with an extent of occurrence little more than 20,000 km? it is thought to have a large and reasonably stable population and seems to be tolerant to some degree of habitat degradation. The subspecies matabiru, which has sometimes been regarded as a separate species, is classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List because ofits small insular distribution, threats from hunting, and its occurrence on Ternate Island with an active volcano.

Sumber: Phalangeridae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 35 - 5 — 42 cm, tail 28.5 - 36 cm; weight 1.2 - 2.2 kg. Usual fur of the Moluccan Cuscus is light brown to yellow or orange, with adults having highly irregular white patches and spotting and narrow dark dorsalstripe. Skull of the Moluccan Cuscus is small to medium-sized (condylobasal length 67 - 85 mm), with a prominent diastema between incisor and canine. In the population of the Moluccan Cuscus from Ternate (more occasionally from elsewhere), iris is blue.

Sumber: Phalangeridae

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Apparently common.

Sumber: Order Diprotodontia

Distribution: Halmahera, Bacan, possibly Morotai Isls (Indonesia).

Sumber: Order Diprotodontia