Phalanger matanim

Flannery, 1987

Telefomin Cuscus

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangeriformes
Family : Phalangeridae
Subfamily : Phalangerinae
Genus : Phalanger

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Flannery, T.F. 1987-09-30. A new species of Phalanger (Phalangeridae: Marsupialia) from montane western Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 39(4):183-193.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.169

Original name as described

Phalanger matanim

Other common names

Matanim Cuscus

Type material

AM M.14186

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"upper Sol River Valley, Telefomin area, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 5°06'S 141°42'E, 2,600 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000385

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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 matanim

Flannery, 1987

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

matanim

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.14186

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Groves (1993:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16851/21950802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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