Ailurops melanotis

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Talaud Bear Cuscus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangeriformes
Family : Phalangeridae
Subfamily : Ailuropinae
Genus : Ailurops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898. Descriptions of three new mammals from the East Indian archipelago and Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 5:1-4.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3220023

Original name as described

Phalanger melanotis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30423160-1dd3-41dd-9618-723d6ea7b836

Type locality

"Lirung, Talaut Islands" (= Talaud Islands, Pulau Salibabu [= Salebabu], Indonesia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000375

Country distribution map

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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.

Phalanger melanotis

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

melanotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30423160-1dd3-41dd-9618-723d6ea7b836

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3220023

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Ailurops melanotis

Groves, 2005

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

melanotis

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 (2015:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136218/21949526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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