Spilocuscus rufoniger (Zimara, 1937) . Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 74:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., Sattelberg .

DISTRIBUTION: N New Guinea.

STATUS: IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: atrimaculatus .

COMMENTS: Includes atrimaculatus (see G. G. George, 1979:98), but also see Feiler (1978a), who placed it in maculatus .