Bibliography for Spilocuscus Gray, 1862

• ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study.
• Biggins, J.G. 1984. Communication in possums: a review. pp. 35-57 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
• Dawson, T.J. & Degabrielle, R. 1973. The cuscus (Phalanger maculatus) - a marsupial sloth? Journal of Comparative Physiology 83: 41-50
• George, G.G. 1987. Characterisation of the living species of cuscus (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae). pp. 507-526 in Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and Opossums: studies in evolution. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2 vols lxxii 788 pp.
• Gould, J. 1850. On new species of Mammalia and birds from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849: 109-112 Aves pl. 12 [ante June 1850; publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [438]]
• Gray, J.E. 1858. Observations on the genus Cuscus, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 100-105 [27 Apr. 1858]
• Gray, J.E. 1862. Additional observations on the genus Cuscus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 314-321 [7 Apr. 1862]
• Gray, J.E. 1866. Notes on some Mammalia from Port Albany (Cape York Peninsula), North Australia, with the descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 219-221 pl. 25 [Date published 5 Sept. 1866: publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]]
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp.
• Winter, J.W. & Leung, L.K-P. 1995. Common Spotted Cuscus Spilocuscus maculatus. pp. 266-268 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Ziegler, A.C. 1977. Evolution of New Guinea's marsupial fauna in response to a forested environment. pp. 117-138 in Stonehouse, B. & Gilmore, D. (eds). The Biology of Marsupials. London : Macmillan.

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