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Strigocuscus celebensis (Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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Infraspecies

Strigocuscus celebensis celebensis (Sulawesi dwarf cuscus)
Strigocuscus celebensis feileri (Sulawasi dwarf cuscus)
Strigocuscus celebensis sangirensis (Sulawesi dwarf cuscus)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
49
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.62
EDGE Score: 3.92
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.205 lbs (1.00 kg)
Diet [2]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal
Maximum Longevity [4]  3 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Halmahera rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sulawesi lowland rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sulawesi montane rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bunaken Manado Tua Marine National Park II 241403 Indonesia  
Lore Lindu National Park II 577959 Sulawesi, Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wildlife As Canon Sees It
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0