Dactylopsila palpator

A. Milne-Edwards, 1888

Long-fingered Striped Possum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Petauroidea
Family : Petauridae
Subfamily : Dactylopsilinae
Genus : Dactylopsila

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1888. Note sur une espèce nouvelle du genre Dactylopsila. Pp. 173–177 in Anonymous. (eds.). Mémoires publiés par la Société philomathique à l'occasion du centenaire de sa fondation. 1788-1888. Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Paris, 294 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=t1dDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA174

Original name as described

Dactylopsila palpator

Other common names

Long-fingered Triok

Type material

MNHN 1886-1224

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"la côte sud de la Nouvelle-Guinée" (= south coast of New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

sometimes included in a separate genus, Dactylonax, although it is generally included under Dactylopsila

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000336

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dactylopsila palpator

A. Milne-Edwards, 1888

Family

Petauridae

Root name

palpator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1886-1224

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=t1dDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA174

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Dactylonax palpator ernstmayri

(G. Stein, 1932)

Family

Petauridae

Root name

ernstmayri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 42418

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45378728

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dactylonax palpator

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Petauridae

Root name

palpator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619851

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1910:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11501)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6225/21959892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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