Pseudochirulus mayeri
(W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1932)
Pygmy 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
Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild and Dollman, G. 1932-11-22. New mammals from Dutch New Guinea. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 353:13-15.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01559.xOriginal name as described
Pseudochirus mayeri
Other common names
Pygmy Ringtail
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1933.6.1.61, BMNH:Mamm:1939.3076
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b124ecf-6cbe-4a12-bcb2-b6cbedb409d5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fc286cc-ebf2-42c3-b21f-9df3d3b1a082Type locality
The Gebroeders [Mountains], Weyland Range, Dutch New Guinea [= Papua Province, Indonesia].
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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