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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Beerkoeskoes
Common Names in English:
Bear Cuscus, Bear phalanger, Celebus Brown, Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
Common Names in French:
Grand Couscous De C?l?bes, Grand couscous de célèbes
Common Names in Russian:
бубуту мехми, Кускус медвежий
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It is typically found in undisturbed tropical
lowland moist forests
.
This species does not readily use disturbed
habitats
, thus it is
not usually found in gardens or plantations (M.
Kinnaird pers. comm.
).
It is a largely diurnal
, arboreal
species that is often found in
pairs. Its diet
consists of a variety of leaves, preferring young
leaves, and like many other arboreal folivores it spends much of
its day resting in order
to digest (Dwiyahreni et al.
1999).
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
()
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
()
- (Simpson, 1970) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
()
- (Gill, 1871) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Diprotodontia
()
- Owen, 1866
- Suborder:
Phalangeriformes
()
- Szalay, in Archer, ed., 1982
- Superfamily:
Phalangeroidea
()
- (Thomas, 1888) Weber, 1928
- Family:
Phalangeridae
()
- Thomas, 1888
- Subfamily:
Ailuropinae
()
- Genus:
Ailurops
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Specific name:
ursinus
- (Temminck, 1824)
- Scientific name: - Ailurops ursinus (Temminck, 1824)
- Specific name:
ursinus
- (Temminck, 1824)
- Genus:
Ailurops
(
- Subfamily:
Ailuropinae
(
- Family:
Phalangeridae
(
- Superfamily:
Phalangeroidea
(
- Suborder:
Phalangeriformes
(
- Order:
Diprotodontia
(
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
(
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
(
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Phalanger ursinus
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ailurops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. melanotis (Talaud Bear Cuscus) · A. ursinus (Sulawesi Bear Cuscus) · A. ursinus ursinus (Sulawesi Bear Cuscus)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Colin P. Groves: Status: Common
- Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kinnaird, M. F., O'Brien, T. G., Supriatna, J. and Andayani, N. 1999. Diet and activity of the bear cuscus, Ailurops ursinus, in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Mammalogy 80: 905-912.
- Flannery, T. F. 1995. Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, Ny, USA.
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed. The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress. Baltimore and London. 1629. ISBN: 0-8018-3970-X.
- O'Brien, T. G. and Kinnaird, M. F. 1996. Changing populations of birds and mammals in North Sulawesi Orby. Oryx 30: 150-156.
- Wilson & Reeder (1993a)
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 34, Nr. 14: 193-196
Notes
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Contributors
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Salas, L., Dickman, C., Helgen, K. & Flannery, T. 2008. Ailurops ursinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107534
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-709554
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13840507
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552681
- IUCN ID: 189491
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137778
Footnotes
- Salas, L., Dickman, C., Helgen, K. & Flannery, T. 2008. Ailurops ursinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
