Pseudochirulus cinereus

(Tate, 1945)

Daintree River 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

Tate, G.H.H. 1945-06-11. The marsupial genus Pseudocheirus and its subgenera. American Museum Novitates 1287:1-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169672

Original name as described

Pseudocheirus herbertensis cinereus

Other common names

Cinereous Ringtail · Daintree Ringtail Possum

Type material

AMNH M-107275

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-107275

Type locality

"Mount Spurgeon, about 65 miles northwest of Cairns, northern Queensland, altitude 4000 feet," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000356

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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.

Pseudocheirus herbertensis cinereus

(Tate, 1945)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-107275

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-107275

Authority page

17

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Pseudochirulus cinereus

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cinereus

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 (2015:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18508/21962025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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