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Cuscus
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<p>Cuscus is the <a href="/facts/Common_name/3KNNezEU">common name</a> generally given to the <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> within the four <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genera</a> of <a href="/facts/Australasia/KCCr5pqh">Australasian</a> <a href="/facts/Phalangeriformes/76UruwPo">possum</a> of the family <a href="/facts/Phalangeridae/X7xNWXXs">Phalangeridae</a> with the most tropical distribution: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Ailurops/vKgRXnrd">Ailurops</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Phalanger/hCPzMXfx">Phalanger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Spilocuscus/8r4BdhLT">Spilocuscus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Strigocuscus/t1zxqm82">Strigocuscus</a></i></li></ul> <p>The name comes from the word <i>kusu</i> or <i>kuso</i> in some local related languages spoken in the <a href="/facts/Maluku_Islands/Bwucm34R">Maluku Islands</a> like <a href="/facts/Bacan_Malay/EfNdoXx8">Bacan</a> and <a href="/facts/Ambonese_Malay/vR7Ln2S2">Ambonese Malay</a>. It is also applied in parts of Indonesia to the <a href="/facts/Sunda_slow_loris/TzhKCx8q">Sunda slow loris</a>, where people do not distinguish this from the "kuskus" <a href="/facts/Phalangeriformes/76UruwPo">possums</a>. Note however, that the loris, being a <a href="/facts/Primate/Hl8RNE2X">primate</a>, is unrelated to the other cuscus species. Cuscus are <a href="/facts/Marsupial/zN5s4bMq">marsupials</a>, even though they have some appearances, traits and attributes like those of <a href="/facts/Lemur/lgLEmFnr">lemurs</a> of <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a>, which are <a href="/facts/Prosimian/5dHvNqgT">prosimians</a>, due to <a href="/facts/Convergent_evolution/dd0L8z4R">convergent evolution</a>. </p>