Short-tailed Spotted CUSCUS
- Rainforest from sea-level up to and over 820M. Found in the Mangroves, Riparian Forest, and the Opean Forest
- Herbivore
- Eats Fruits and Flowers
- Occasionally can become a carnivore
- Lifespan of cuscus is up to 11 years.
- Males are aggressive and cannot be in a captive area together.
- classification- (KPCOFGS)
- Found in New Guinea and in Australia. Limited to the Cape York Peninsula ,Queensland.
- it can have as much as three babies at a a time.
- its gestation period is for 13 days
- the babies are born alive
- most of the Animalia are diploid meaning that the adult contains 2 copies of genetic material
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- Has ability to produce milk
- Has three middle ear bones
- they have three germ layers and a well -developed coelom.
- chordates are defined as organisms that posses a structure called notochard.
- pharyngeal pouches present at some stage of development.
- Head to body length ranges from 348mm to 442mm. Tail length is 315mm to 430mm.
- Male Cuscus are grey and spotted with white dorsal and ventral surfaces. Young males may not have spots.
- Female Cuscus are usually uniformly grey but may have a white rump. The fur is dense and wooly and it almost hides their short ears.
- Snout is short and they have red rims around the eye.
- Skin is yellowish pink.
- They have a relatively long tail
- They are medium sized animals