Black-spotted Cuscus vs Hime-butana

Spilocuscus rufoniger compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-spotted Cuscus	Hime-butana
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Diprotodontia (カンガルー目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Phalangeridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Spilocuscus	Hypochaeris
Species	Spilocuscus rufoniger	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Black-spotted Cuscus

CR — Critically Endangered

Hime-butana

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-spotted Cuscus	Hime-butana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-spotted Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hime-butana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered 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.