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Type of opossum, phalanger, possum

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The cuscus have evolved in New Guinea, and are found throughout the island.
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There is a native marsupial known as the phalanger or the gray cuscus.
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Apart from several species of bats, there are introduced species of pig, cuscus, and rodent.
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The natives mainly hunt for cuscus, which is like a possum.
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The cuscus, family Phalangeridae, are a family of marsupials closely related to the possums of Australia.
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Two species of cuscus from Sulawesi are among the most primitive possums in the world and the only marsupials in Asia.
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Although virtually all Sulawesi's mammals are placental, and generally have close relatives in Asia, several species of cuscus, marsupials of Australasian origin, also occur.
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  • Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
  • Cuscus is the common name generally given to the species within the four genera of Australasian possum. The genera whose species are generally referred to as cuscuses are: * Ailurops * Phalanger * Spilocuscus * Strigocuscus
  • [from Indonesian language] Small marsupial similar to opossum, used for food, clothing, and decoration (sometimes kuskus).
  • Any of several nocturnal, usually arboreal marsupials of the genus Phalanger. Their diet consists of fruit, flowers and leaves as well as eggs and meat, when available. The spotted cuscus lives in lowland tropical rainforest and nearby mangroves in northern Queensland. ...