OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  n. Cuscus.

Scientific name: Phalanger orientalis

Note: In general, or for Northern Common Cuscus – sc. Phalanger orientalis; tree-dwelling mammal, ± adult head-body length 38 cms.; brown skin on back.

•  Common Spotted Cuscus.

Scientific name: Spilocuscus maculatus

Note: light-and-brown spotted skin, otherwise similar to the Northern Common Cuscus