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{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}}
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| name = ''Spilocuscus''<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Diprotodontia | id = 11000066 | pages = 48-49 | heading = Genus ''Spilocuscus''}}</ref>
| image = Cuscus1.jpg
| image_caption = [[Common spotted cuscus]]
| taxon = Spilocuscus
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1861
| type_species = ''[[Common spotted cuscus|Phalangista maculata]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1818
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[[Admiralty Island cuscus|S. kraemeri]]''
*''[[Common spotted cuscus|S. maculatus]]''
*''[[Waigeou cuscus|S. papuensis]]''
*''[[Black-spotted cuscus|S. rufoniger]]''
*''[[Blue-eyed spotted cuscus|S. wilsoni]]''
}}

'''''Spilocuscus''''' is a genus of [[marsupial]] in the family [[Phalangeridae]]. Its members are found on the [[Cape York Peninsula]] of Australia, [[New Guinea]], and smaller nearby islands. It contains the following species:

*[[Admiralty Island cuscus]], ''Spilocuscus kraemeri''
*[[Common spotted cuscus]], ''Spilocuscus maculatus''
*[[Waigeou cuscus]], ''Spilocuscus papuensis''
*[[Black-spotted cuscus]], ''Spilocuscus rufoniger''
*[[Blue-eyed spotted cuscus]], ''Spilocuscus wilsoni''

==References==
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[[Category:Possums]]
[[Category:Marsupial genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]


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