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title: "Common Spotted Cuscus"
description: "Spilocuscus maculatus — Mamíferos. The common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), also known as the white cuscus, is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-spotted-cuscus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Spotted Cuscus

> Spilocuscus maculatus — Mamíferos. The common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), also known as the white cuscus, is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.

- Scientific name: *Spilocuscus maculatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 95
- Wikidata: [Q209548](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209548)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42852](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42852)

## Names

- en: Common Spotted Cuscus
- de: Eigentlicher Tüpfelkuskus
- es: Cuscús moteado
- fr: Couscous Tacheté
- nl: Gevlekte koeskoes
- pl: Kuskus plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

ID (60), PG (10)

## Summary

The common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), also known as the white cuscus, is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.

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

## Photo

![Common Spotted Cuscus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-spotted-cuscus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192900394

## Machine access

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