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popsci_2013 00579.txt

#Mystery Animal Contest: Who is this Upside-down Tree-Dweller? So here are the rules: To answer follow us on Twitter and tweet at us with the hashtag#mysteryanimal. For example: Hey@Popsci is the#mysteryanimal a baboon? And then I might say if you think that's a baboon perhaps you are the baboon! But probably not because this is a positive environment and all guesses are welcome and also this is not a very common animal so guess whatever you want! The first person to get it right wins! We'll retweet the answer from@Popsci and also update this post so your amazing animal knowledge will be permanently etched onto the internet. Show your kids! Your dumb kids who thought that was a baboon! Update: And the winner is...@Tarabethidaho who correctly guessed that this creature is a cuscus! Cuscuses are marsupials native to the far northeastern corner of Australia as well as New guinea and a few other islands stretching as far as Sulawesi. Cuscus is applied the word to a few species of possum in this area as opposed to the more common possums native to the rest of Australasia like the brushtail possum. This one in particular is spotted a common cuscus which is found throughout that small cuscus range. Other cuscuses like the Sulawesi bear cuscus are limited to particular islands. It's about the size of a big housecat and lives in the dense foliage of trees from rainforests to hardwood forests to eucalyptus forests. It has an opposable thumb and a prehensile tail making it a very good climber but it moves pretty slowly so it's often confused for a sloth or a loris. It is very fluffy! Hi cuscus! I will name is'Adorable 'and love it and hug it and take very good care of it! SQUISH! Hug! Hug g

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