Black-spotted Cuscus vs utile

Spilocuscus rufoniger compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Black-spotted Cuscus is Critically Endangered while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-spotted Cuscus	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phalangeridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Spilocuscus	Entandrophragma
Species	Spilocuscus rufoniger	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Black-spotted Cuscus

CR — Critically Endangered

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-spotted Cuscus	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-spotted Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.