Cuscus (/ˈkʌskʌs/ or/ˈkuːskuːs/) is acommon name given to thespecies belonging to fourgenera ofAustralasianpossums in the familyPhalangeridae:Ailurops,Phalanger,Spilocuscus, andStrigocuscus.^[1]The name comes from the wordkusu orkuso in some local related languages spoken in theMaluku Islands likeBacan andAmbonese Malay.^[2] It is also applied in parts of Indonesia to theSunda slow loris, where people do not distinguish this from the "kuskus"possums. The loris, being aprimate, is unrelated to the other cuscus species. Cuscus aremarsupials, even though they have some appearances, traits and attributes like those oflemurs ofMadagascar, which areprosimians,^[3] due toconvergent evolution.

Cuscuses
Image	Genus	Species	Ref.
	AiluropsWagler, 1830	Talaud bear cuscus,Ailurops melanotis(Temminck, 1824) Sulawesi bear cuscus,Ailurops ursinus(Thomas, 1898)	[1]: 485–486
	PhalangerStorr, 1780	Gebe cuscus,Phalanger alexandraeFlannery and Boeadi, 1995 Mountain cuscus,Phalanger carmelitaeThomas, 1898 Ground cuscus,Phalanger gymnotis(Peters andDoria, 1875) Eastern common cuscus,Phalanger intercastellanusThomas, 1895 Woodlark cuscus,Phalanger lullulaeThomas, 1896 Blue-eyed cuscus,Phalanger matabiruFlannery and Boeadi, 1995 Telefomin cuscus,Phalanger matanimFlannery, 1987 Southern common cuscus,Phalanger mimicusThomas, 1922 Northern common cuscus,Phalanger orientalis(Pallas, 1766) Ornate cuscus,Phalanger ornatus(Gray, 1860) Rothschild's cuscus,Phalanger rothschildiThomas, 1898 Silky cuscus,Phalanger sericeusThomas, 1907 Stein's cuscus,Phalanger vestitus(Milne-Edwards, 1877)	[1]: 489–493
	SpilocuscusGray, 1862	Admiralty Island cuscus,Spilocuscus kraemeri(Schwartz, 1910) Common spotted cuscus,Spilocuscus maculatus(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) Waigeou cuscus,Spilocuscus papuensis(Desmarest, 1822) Black-spotted cuscus,Spilocuscus rufoniger(Zimara, 1937) Blue-eyed spotted cuscus,Spilocuscus wilsoniHelgen & Flannery, 2004	[1]: 495–497
	StrigocuscusGray, 1862	Sulawesi dwarf cuscus,Strigocuscus celebensis(Gray, 1858) Banggai cuscus,Strigocuscus pelengensis)(Tate, 1945)	[1]: 486

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