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Eastern common cuscus

Phalanger intercastellanus Thomas, 1895

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species in the family Phalangeridae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 1.75 kg to 2.1 kg and live up to 4.08 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the eastern common cuscus

Weight
1.75 kg – 2.1 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
4.08 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
4.1 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
13 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the eastern common 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 eastern common 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

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the eastern common cuscus?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in eastern Papua New Guinea. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. mimicus, and before that also with P. orientalis.

The eastern common cuscus was introduced by humans into the Aru Islands and parts of northern Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern common cuscus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_common_cuscus&oldid=1313944051), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the eastern common cuscus endangered?

The eastern common cuscus is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the eastern common cuscus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPhalangeridae
  6. genusPhalanger
  7. SpeciesPhalanger intercastellanus Thomas, 1895

Synonyms Phalanger orientalis intercastellanus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Southern common cuscusEnglish
  • Southern common cuscusEnglish
  • كسكس شائع شرقيArabic
  • kuskus východopapuánskýCzech
  • Östlicher Grauer KuskusGerman
  • Cuscús Común de OrienteSpanish
  • スタインクスクスJapanese
  • pałanka papuaskaPolish
  • Cuscus-Comum-OrientalPortuguese
  • Южный кускусRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern common cuscus

Other species in the same genus Phalanger.

CR, Critically Endangered

Telefomin cuscus

Phalanger matanim

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern common cuscus?

An adult eastern common cuscus weighs 1.75 kg – 2.1 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the eastern common cuscus live?

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

Is the eastern common cuscus endangered?

The eastern common cuscus is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the eastern common cuscus live?

The eastern common cuscus has a recorded lifespan of 4.08 years.

How long is the eastern common cuscus pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 13 days.

What kind of animal is the eastern common cuscus?

The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) 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). Eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-common-cuscus

MLA

“Eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-common-cuscus.

BibTeX
@misc{eastern_common_cuscus_2026,
  title = {Eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-common-cuscus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}