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Australian spotted cuscus

Spilocuscus nudicaudatus (Gould, 1850)

Status not recordedmarsupials

The Australian spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus nudicaudatus) is a species in the family Phalangeridae, order Diprotodontia. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the Australian spotted cuscus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the Australian spotted cuscus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The Australian spotted cuscus is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the Australian spotted cuscus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Australian spotted cuscus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPhalangeridae
  6. genusSpilocuscus
  7. SpeciesSpilocuscus nudicaudatus (Gould, 1850)

Synonyms Phalangista nudicaudata, Spilocuscus maculatus nudicaudatus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • كسكس أسترالي مرقطArabic
  • Gevlekte KoeskoesDutch
  • Cuscus-Manchado-AustralianoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Australian spotted cuscus

Other species in the same genus Spilocuscus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the Australian spotted cuscus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Australian spotted cuscus for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the Australian spotted cuscus?

The Australian spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus nudicaudatus) belongs to the family Phalangeridae in the order Diprotodontia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Australian spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus nudicaudatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-spotted-cuscus

MLA

“Australian spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus nudicaudatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-spotted-cuscus.

BibTeX
@misc{australian_spotted_cuscus_2026,
  title = {Australian spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus nudicaudatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-spotted-cuscus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}