Dactylopsila tatei

Laurie, 1952

Tate's 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

Laurie, E.M.O. 1952. Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)1(10):269-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262524

Original name as described

Dactylopsila tatei

Other common names

Fergusson Island Striped Possum · Tate's Triok

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1327

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb9ef081-dc2a-4114-b910-8d6b60167c1e

Type locality

"Mts. above Taibutu village, Faralulu district, West Fergusson Island, SE. New Guinea, 2,000–3,000 ft." (Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000337

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 tatei

Laurie, 1952

Family

Petauridae

Root name

tatei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1327

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb9ef081-dc2a-4114-b910-8d6b60167c1e

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262524

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

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 #6224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6224/21960180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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