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Gebe cuscus

Phalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995

ENEndangeredmarsupials

The gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species in the family Phalangeridae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 1.85 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

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Quick facts about the gebe cuscus

Weight
1.85 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gebe cuscus live?

Not recorded

What is the gebe cuscus?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m.

It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.

From the Wikipedia article “Gebe cuscus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gebe_cuscus&oldid=1381562590), 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 gebe cuscus endangered?

The gebe cuscus is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Endangered species.

How is the gebe cuscus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPhalangeridae
  6. genusPhalanger
  7. SpeciesPhalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Alexandra's cuscusEnglish
  • كسكس جزيرة غبيArabic
  • Gebe-KuskusGerman
  • Cuscús de la Isla GebeSpanish
  • Couscous de GebeFrench
  • ゲベクスクスJapanese
  • pałanka wyspowaPolish
  • Cuscus-de-GebePortuguese

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Relatives of the gebe cuscus

Other species in the same genus Phalanger.

CR, Critically Endangered

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gebe cuscus?

An adult gebe cuscus weighs 1.85 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gebe cuscus endangered?

The gebe cuscus is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the gebe cuscus?

The gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) 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.

  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
    Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gebe-cuscus

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BibTeX
@misc{gebe_cuscus_2026,
  title = {Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gebe-cuscus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}