Dactylonax kambuayai
(K. P. Aplin in K. P. Aplin, Pasveer, & Boles, 1999)
Pygmy Long-fingered Possum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Diprotodontia |
| Suborder | : Phalangerida |
| Superfamily | : Petauroidea |
| Family | : Petauridae |
| Subfamily | : Dactylopsilinae |
| Genus | : Dactylonax |
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
Original name as described
Dactylopsila kambuayai
Other common names
Vogelkop Ring-tailed Possum · Vogelkop Striped Possum · Arfak 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
formerly included in Dactylopsila; based on subfossil remains but living representatives were later discovered
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.B., Beck, R.M.D., Croft, D.A., Travouillon, K.J. and 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. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz018 · Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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