Pseudochirulus larvatus
(Förster & W. Rothschild, 1911)
Masked 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
Förster, F. and Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild. 1911-04-01. On a new marsupial. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(40):337.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815053Original name as described
Phalanger larvatus
Other common names
Masked Ringtail
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.10.13.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d2d7d86-44f9-4ecd-8f93-6b6fc35cda90Type locality
"Rawlinson Mtns, [Huon Peninsula], German New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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