Wyulda squamicaudata

W. B. Alexander, 1919

Scaly-tailed Possum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangeriformes
Family : Phalangeridae
Subfamily : Trichosurinae
Genus : Wyulda

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. R. Soc. West. Aust., vol. (1917-1918), 4, 31

Original name as described

Wyulda squamicaudata

Other common names

Scaly-tailed Phalanger · Wyulda

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Violet Valley Station, via Wyndham [= East Kimberley region]," Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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