coral-bean vs Ornate Cuscus

Erythrina fusca compared with Phalanger ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Cuscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Ornate Cuscus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).