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Stein's cuscus

Phalanger vestitus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1877)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) is a species in the family Phalangeridae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 1.85 kg and live up to 2.49 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 stein's cuscus

Weight
1.85 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.49 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1.01src 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 stein's 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 stein's 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 stein's cuscus?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Stein's cuscus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stein%27s_cuscus&oldid=1315282312), 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 stein's cuscus endangered?

The stein's 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 stein's cuscus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPhalangeridae
  6. genusPhalanger
  7. SpeciesPhalanger vestitus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1877)

Synonyms Cuscus vestitus

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Stein s cuscusEnglish
  • Stein’s cuscusEnglish
  • كسكس ستاينArabic
  • kuskus hedvábnýCzech
  • Steins KuskusGerman
  • SeidenkuskusGerman
  • Cuscús de SteinSpanish
  • silkkikuskusFinnish
  • Couscous noirFrench
  • Kuskus Siku-putihIndonesian
  • キヌゲクスクスJapanese
  • SilkekuskusNorwegian Bokmål
  • SteinkuskusNorwegian Bokmål
  • pałanka jedwabistaPolish
  • Cuscus-de-SteinPortuguese
  • Кускус ШтейнаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the stein's 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 stein's cuscus?

An adult stein's cuscus weighs 1.85 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the stein's cuscus live?

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

Is the stein's cuscus endangered?

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

How long does the stein's cuscus live?

The stein's cuscus has a recorded lifespan of 2.49 years.

What kind of animal is the stein's cuscus?

The stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) 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). Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stein-s-cuscus

MLA

“Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stein-s-cuscus.

BibTeX
@misc{stein_s_cuscus_2026,
  title = {Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stein-s-cuscus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}