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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58844479Original name as described
Phalangista (Pseudochirus) canescens
Other common names
Lowland Ringtail
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-410
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-410Type 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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