Black-spotted Cuscus vs mango-pine

Spilocuscus rufoniger compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Black-spotted Cuscus is Critically Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-spotted Cuscus	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phalangeridae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Spilocuscus	Barringtonia
Species	Spilocuscus rufoniger	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Black-spotted Cuscus

CR — Critically Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-spotted Cuscus	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-spotted Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mango-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

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.