Strigocuscus sangirensis

(A. B. Meyer, 1896)

Small Sangihe Cuscus

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Phalangeroidea
Family: Phalangeridae
Subfamily: Ailuropinae
Genus: Strigocuscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Meyer, A.B. 1896. Säugethiere vom Celebes- und Philippinen-Archipel. I. Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 6:1-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471182

Original name as described

Phalanger sangirensis

Type material

MTD B502

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"In insulis Sangi, " Tabukan, Indonesia (= Greater Sangihe Island, Sangihe Islands, north-east of Sulawesi).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from S. celebensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Mittermeier, R.A. and Wilson, D.E. 2015. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 5. Monotremes and Marsupials. Lynx, Barcelona, 800 pp. a#59410

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000378

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Phalanger sangirensis

A. B. Meyer, 1896

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

sangirensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD B502

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

In insulis Sangi

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Sangihe Islands.

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471182

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:827, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Phalanger celebensis sangirensis:

Tate, 1945

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

sangirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Tate (1945:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15899)
Laurie & Hill (1954:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Feiler (1978:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70006)

Strigocuscus celebensis sangirensis:

Riley, 2002

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

sangirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

291

Authority publication

Oryx

Name usages

Riley (2002:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5877)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Strigocuscus sangirensis:

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

sangirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

486

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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