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sources:
- www.softschools.com/facts/animals/cuscus_facts/454/">Cuscus Facts</a>
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/marsupial/marsupial.html
- http://a-z-animals.com/animals/cuscus/
Interesting facts
- a subspecies of possums and is the largest of the worlds possum species
- uses saliva to mark its territory
- color of the fur changes with age, will have final coat color when sexually mature
- can survive up to 11 years in the wild
- discovered in 1803
Motherhood
- breeds all year round
- 2-4 per liter
- gestation period of 2 weeks
- usually only one baby survives
- emerges from the pouch after 6 to 7 months
Characteristics
- size ranges between 6 and 24 inches
- weighs between 7 and 13 pounds
- long and strong tail that allows them to hang easier from trees
- long and sharp claws
- wooly fur
- nocturnal
- spend most of its time secluded in trees
What makes a marsupial
Eat or be eaten
- carries young in a pouch
- phylum- chordata
- class- mammalia
- omnivorous
- prey includes fruit, leaves, and insects
- predators include snakes, humans, and large birds
Habitat and Location
- live in tropical rain forests or mangroves
- found in Papua, New Guinea and the northern forests of Australia
- threatened due to deforestation
to be or not to be
a mammal that is
- fur
- live birth
- back bone
- mammary glands
Blue- eyed spotted Cuscus
Blue- eyed Spotted CusCus