{"offset":0,"limit":20,"endOfRecords":false,"results":[{"key":463140348,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"conservation","language":"eng","description":"Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Very restricted distribution.","source":"Order Diprotodontia","sourceTaxonKey":231549114},{"key":463140349,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"Discussion: Related to P. ornatus and P. rothschildi.","source":"Order Diprotodontia","sourceTaxonKey":231549114},{"key":463140350,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"Distribution: Pulau (Isl) Gebe.","source":"Order Diprotodontia","sourceTaxonKey":231549114},{"key":463140351,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"Type Locality: Indonesia, North Moluccas, Gebe Isl, near the airport (0 ° 05 ’ S, 129 ° 25 ’ E).","source":"Order Diprotodontia","sourceTaxonKey":231549114},{"key":463396183,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"Condition. Complete cranium and dentaries; soft palate retained on skull. Study skin complete in good condition; hole in skin on left side of throat, bald patch on the dorsal surface of the neck.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396184,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"Current name. Phalanger alexandrae Flannery & Boeadi, 1995; following Groves (2005 d).","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396185,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"Comments. Type series of four specimens. Photographs of the holotype skull are given in the original account but also by Flannery (1995 c), as Phalanger sp.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396186,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"Type locality. Kebun (“ garden ”), near airport 0 ° 05 ' S 129 ° 25 ' E, Gebe Island, North Moluccas, North Maluku Province, Indonesia.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396187,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"Holotype. M. 27005 by original designation. Male adult, [Field no. FQ 658], skull, study skin, collected on 2 December 1991 by T. F. Flannery and Boeadi; registered 29 June 1992. Shot using bow and arrow by an Irian hunter.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396188,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"Paratypes. (3, by original designation): all collected by T. F. Flannery and Boeadi: M. 25417, juvenile female, body in alc., Sawmill Village, Gebe Island (0 ° 05 ' S 129 ° 25 ' E), North Moluccas, Indonesia, collected 3 December 1991. M. 27006, subadult male, skull, study skin, same details as holotype. M. 27008, subadult male, skull, study skin, near Aneka Tambang HQ, Gebe Is, Moluccas (0 ° 05 ' S 129 ° 25 ' E), Indonesia, collected 3 December 1991.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463396189,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"vernacular_names","language":"eng","description":"Common name. Gebe Cuscus.","source":"Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney","sourceTaxonKey":209100666},{"key":463535675,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"activity","language":"eng","description":"Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535676,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Habitat. Tall secondary growth and along primary forest edges from sea level to elevations of 300 m. Flora of Gebe Island is composed mainly of “ maquis-like ” (Mediterranean shrublands) vegetation, with tall forest growing on raised limestone areas and along drainages.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535677,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535678,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"breeding","language":"eng","description":"Breeding. There is no information available for this species.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535679,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"conservation","language":"eng","description":"Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Gebe Cuscus is considered endemic to a small island with an extent of occurrence of c. 150 km? and its distribution is considered a “ single location ” (although it may be found on other islands). The Gebe Cuscusis thought to be experiencing a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat. It is threatened by hunting for food and habitat loss through conversion of forest for mining and agricultural use, although it apparently persists in traditional garden habitats.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535680,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"Descriptive notes. Head — body c. 45 cm, tail ¢. 36 cm; weight 2 - 5 kg. The Gebe Cuscus has reddish-orange crown and shoulders, gray back with silver fur highlights, and tan to gray face and limbs, with dorsal stripe evident on head and less evident on shoulders and upper back, and greenish eyes. Skull is very similar to the Moluccan Cuscus (P. ornatus), with a prominent diastema between upper incisor and canine. The Gebe Cuscus differs from the Moluccan Cuscus and the Obi Cuscus (P. rothschildi) in being larger on average, having proportionally smaller teeth, and especially in color from the Obi Cuscus that usually lacks orange color on anterior body.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535681,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"This species is included within the Phalanger ornatus complex that also includes P. ornatus and P. rothschildi. More detailed studies may show that it is better recognized as a subspecies of P. ornatus. Monotypic.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535682,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"Distribution. Endemic to Gebe I, in the North Moluccas, Indonesia. A cuscus photographed on Uranie I (W of Gebe I and N of Waigeo I) by K. D. Bishop most closely resembles the Gebe Cuscus and suggests it may be more widespread on islands between Halmahera and Waigeo Is.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993},{"key":463535683,"taxonKey":2440257,"type":"food_feeding","language":"eng","description":"Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but the diet of the Gebe Cuscus is presumably similar to the Moluccan Cuscus and the Obi Cuscus.","source":"Phalangeridae","sourceTaxonKey":195958993}]}