Pseudocheirus peregrinus

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Eastern 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230042

Original name as described

Didelphis Peregrinus

Other common names

Common Ringtail · Queensland Ringtail · Ringtail Possum

Type material

RMNH.MAM.33660

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33660

Type locality

"flumen Endeavour [= Queensland, Australia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. occidentalis

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000353

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 antiquus

(Broom, 1896)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM F.4196, AM F.51881

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598366

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Pseudochirus rubidus

(Troughton & Le Souef, 1929)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.2791

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Pseudochirus cooki bassianus

(Le Souef, 1929)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

bassianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4450

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709507

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

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

Phalanger Viverrina

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.213

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ec0da83-e2f8-437e-a3c1-25f1115e33a1

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571016

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Phalangista laniginosa

(J. Gould, 1858)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

laniginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.11.24.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1b3af5a-5702-407a-9a5e-c79f8d7d7e73 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e445a12a-2bcc-47b9-b29d-cacdbdedffaa

Authority page

Text to Plate 20

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Pseudochirus laniginosus incanens

(O. Thomas, 1923)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

incanens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.18.86

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0353b630-d26a-4003-87c3-7db11d526ef5

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355495

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pseudochirus laniginosus notialis

(O. Thomas, 1923)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

notialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.5.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c91b3e5c-0e1d-4310-ae13-1ba353261d10

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pseudochirus laniginosus oralis

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

oralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.3.11.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9123721b-a238-463e-a1ea-5096da377a82

Authority page

631

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pseudochirus laniginosus modestus

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.3.11.37

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/247b2f36-b941-4d4e-93af-e4cbb2408793

Authority page

632

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Phalangista Cookii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cookii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-411

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-411

Authority page

476

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044246

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Didelphis Peregrinus

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33660

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33660

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230042

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Trichosurus viverrinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40581/21963019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pseudocheirus peregrinus convolutor

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

convolutor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

novaehollanidiae

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

novaehollanidiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Pseudocheirus peregrinus peregrinus

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Pseudocheirus peregrinus pulcher

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

pulcher

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Pseudocheirus peregrinus cookii

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cookii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

527

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Didelphis caudivolvula

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664220

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Didelphis Novae Hollandiae

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

novaehollandiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833213

Authority publication

Weimar

Didelphys australis

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498053

Authority publication

Erlangen

Didelphys caudivolvola

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

caudivolvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498054

Authority publication

Erlangen

Balantia Banksii

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

banksii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375872

Authority publication

Jena

Balantia Convolutor

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

convolutor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375873

Authority publication

Jena

Phalangista convolutor

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

convolutor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529019

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Phalangista Cookii

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cookii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529019

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Phalangista Banksii

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

banksii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892882

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

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

Phalangista incana

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

incanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

530

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

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

Phalangista cooki

(J. Gould, 1856)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cooki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

pl. I-18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49738119

Authority publication

London

Pseudochirus pulcher

(Matschie, 1915)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

pulcher

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609303

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Pseudochirus victoriae

(Matschie, 1915)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

victoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609303

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

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