Pseudochirops albertisii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1874)

D'Albertis's Ring-tailed Possum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1874-12. Diagnosi di tre nuovi Mammiferi della Nuova Guinea ed Isole Key. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 6:303.

Original name as described

Phalangista (Pseudochirus) albertisii

Other common names

D'Albertis's Ringtail

Type material

MSNG CE 3897

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Vogelkop, Manokwari Div., Arfak Mtns, Hatam, 1520 m.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Country distribution map

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