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title: "Small Sulawesi Cuscus"
description: "Strigocuscus celebensis — Mammiferi. The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-sulawesi-cuscus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Small Sulawesi Cuscus

> Strigocuscus celebensis — Mammiferi. The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.

- Scientific name: *Strigocuscus celebensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 51
- Wikidata: [Q209565](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209565)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42812)

## Names

- en: Small Sulawesi Cuscus
- de: Sulawesi-Kuskus
- es: Cuscús enano de Célebes
- fr: Petit Couscous De C
- nl: Kleine Celebeskoeskoes

## Countries with the most observations

ID (50)

## Summary

The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia. It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest and is nocturnal, folivorous and usually found in pairs. S. celebensis is threatened by hunting and deforestation.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi_dwarf_cuscus

## Photo

![Small Sulawesi Cuscus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-sulawesi-cuscus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CuscusCelebensisWolf.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-sulawesi-cuscus?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).