Dactylopsila kambuayai
K. P. Aplin in K. P. Aplin, Pasveer, & Boles, 1999
Arfak Striped Possum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Diprotodontia |
| Suborder | : Macropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Petauroidea |
| Family | : Petauridae |
| Subfamily | : Dactylopsilinae |
| Genus | : Dactylopsila |
Species status
Authority citation
Aplin, K.P., Pasveer, J.M. and Boles, W.E. 1999. Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, including descriptions of two previously unknown marsupial species. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 57:351-387.
Authority publication link
https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/29.%20Aplin,%20Pasveer,%20Boles.pdfOriginal name as described
Dactylopsila kambuayai
Other common names
Vogelkop Ring-tailed Possum · Vogelkop Striped Possum
Type material
WAM 98.7.40
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kria Cave, 3 km east of the village Suwiam/Mapura, northeast of the Ayamaru Lakes, Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird's Head [= Vogelkop], Irian Jaya, Indonesia."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
based on subfossil remains but living representatives have been discovered by Ken Aplin, although no publication other than the Handbook of the Mammals of the World has reported on this finding as of now
Taxonomy notes citation
Jackson, S. M. 2015a. Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums). Pp. 436–455 in Handbook of the mammals of the world. Volume 5. Marsupials and monotremes (D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. · Eldridge, M. D., Beck, R. M., Croft, D. A., Travouillon, K. J., & Fox, B. J. (2019). An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria). Journal of Mammalogy, 100(3), 802-837.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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