Order Diprotodontia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 43 70 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Spilocuscus maculatus (E. Geoffroy 1803) [Phalangista] maculata E. Geoffroy 1803 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris: 149 . Type Locality: Indonesia , Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya ), Vogelkop, Manokwari Div., Manokwari. Vernacular Names: Common Spotted Cuscus . Subspecies: : Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. maculatus E. Geoffroy 1803 Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. chrysorrhous Temminck 1824 Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. goldiei Ramsay 1876 Subspecies Spilocuscus maculatus subsp. nudicaudatus Gould 1850 Distribution: New Guinea and adjacent small islands; Aru and Kei Isls, Seram, Ambon and Selayar Isls ( Indonesia ); Cape York Peninsula ( Queensland , Australia ). On New Guinea , found mainly above 1200 m . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); CITES – Appendix II; but "common" in New Guinea (Flannery, 1990). Discussion: Feiler (1978 a ) included atrimaculatus in this species, but G. G. George (1979:98) placed it in rufoniger . Usually includes papuensis and kraemeri , but these were separated by Flannery (1994 a ) .