Bear Cuscus Male Pairi Daiza

The Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus) male "Manik" at Pairi Daiza in Belgium. Manik was born in 2024 in Tierpark Berlin in Germany, and is one of the only 7 (!) Bear Cuscuses held in only 3 European Zoos. The other European zoo which houses a pair of Bear cuscuses is Zoo Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. The Bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus) is an arboreal marsupial living on the Indonesian island Sulawesi. Its diet consists of leaves, flowers, and fruit and uses its long claws and prehensile tail to move through the trees. It grows to about 7–10 kg and they are threatened by deforestation and hunting by poachers for their fur and meat. IUCN Red List status: Vulnerable (VU).