Gebe cuscus

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.

Gebe cuscus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Phalanger
Species:
P. alexandrae
Binomial name
Phalanger alexandrae
Flannery T. F & Boeadi, 1995
Gebe cuscus range

It is named after the Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.

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