Sulawesi bear cuscus

Weight

7 kg – 10 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

5.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

5.91 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

1.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The sulawesi bear cuscus is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderDiprotodontia
5. familyPhalangeridae
6. genusAilurops
7. SpeciesAilurops ursinus (Temminck, 1824)

Synonyms Phalanger ursinus, Phalangista ursina

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

CR, Critically Endangered

Talaud bear cuscus

Ailurops melanotis

Phalangeridae

M

Mountain bear cuscus

Ailurops furvus

PhalangeridaeNo free photo yet

CompareSulawesi bear cuscus vs Talaud bear cuscusSulawesi bear cuscus vs Mountain bear cuscus

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  title = {Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sulawesi-bear-cuscus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}