Pseudocheirus occidentalis

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Western Ring-tailed Possum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Petauroidea
Family : Pseudocheiridae
Subfamily : Pseudocheirinae
Genus : Pseudocheirus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History), British Museum Catalogue, 401 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986568

Original name as described

Pseudochirus occidentalis

Other common names

Ngwayir · Western Ringtail

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7dfdb2d-1c44-48a7-9b6e-a3495c7fcc9c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0c624d7-067c-4aba-9e43-9e3ff49da511

Type locality

"King George's Sound, [Perth], Western A[ustralia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from P. peregrinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. and Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000352

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.

Pseudochirus occidentalis

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7dfdb2d-1c44-48a7-9b6e-a3495c7fcc9c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0c624d7-067c-4aba-9e43-9e3ff49da511

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986568

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pseudocheirus occidentalis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

527

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18492/21963100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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