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

Alexander, W.B. 1919. A new species of marsupial of the sub-family Phalangerinæ. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 4:31-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43753221

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 specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fa2b4b4-4e9d-43c7-8bfd-239bdc2fcb2e

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000403

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.

Wyulda squamicaudata

W. B. Alexander, 1919

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

squamicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fa2b4b4-4e9d-43c7-8bfd-239bdc2fcb2e

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43753221

Authority publication

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Name usages

  1. Alexander (1919:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43753221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69103)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:38, 39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (1993:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Jackson & Groves (2015:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  8. Jackson & Groves (2015:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23091/21950421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trichosurus squamicaudata

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Phalangeridae

Root name

squamicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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