Phalanger orientalis (Pallas, 1766) . Misc. Zool., p. 61.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Amboina Isl., Maluku .

DISTRIBUTION: Timor and Seram Isis, to New Guinea, and adjacent small Isis.; Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Islands; and E. Cape York (Queensland, Australia).

COMMENT: Formerly included interpositus and lullulae; see George, 1979, in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, pp. 97-98.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402006001005001.