Pseudochirulus canescens

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1846)

Lowland Ring-tailed Possum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. I. Containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals. Hippolyte Baillière, London, 553 pp.

Original name as described

Phalangista (Pseudochirus) canescens

Other common names

Lowland Ringtail

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-410

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Triton Bay, Fakfak Division, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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