Black-spotted Cuscus vs coral-bean

Spilocuscus rufoniger compared with Erythrina fusca

Key Differences

• Black-spotted Cuscus is Critically Endangered while coral-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-spotted Cuscus	coral-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phalangeridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Spilocuscus	Erythrina
Species	Spilocuscus rufoniger	Erythrina fusca

Conservation Status

Black-spotted Cuscus

CR — Critically Endangered

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-spotted Cuscus	coral-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-spotted Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black-spotted Cuscus

The Black-spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) is a species in the genus Spilocuscus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.