Plush-coated ringtail possum
Species of marsupial
Plush-coated ringtail possum[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Pseudocheiridae |
Genus: | Pseudochirops |
Species: | P. corinnae |
Binomial name | |
Pseudochirops corinnae (Thomas, 1897) | |
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Plush-coated ringtail possum range |
The plush-coated ringtail possum or golden ringtail possum (Pseudochirops corinnae) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
Names
It is known as wcm, pungi-mdep, wlpog in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Pseudochirops corinnae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18504A21962636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18504A21962636.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
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Extant Diprotodontia species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Marsupialia
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