Pseudochirulus

Genus of marsupials

Pseudochirulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamily: Pseudocheirinae
Genus: Pseudochirulus
Matschie, 1915
Type species
Phalangista (Pseudocheirus) canescens
Waterhouse, 1845
Species
  • Pseudochirulus canescens
  • Pseudochirulus caroli
  • Pseudochirulus cinereus
  • Pseudochirulus forbesi
  • Pseudochirulus herbertensis
  • Pseudochirulus larvatus
  • Pseudochirulus mayeri
  • Pseudochirulus schlegeli

Slender ringtail possum or Small ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus), also known as the ringtail possum, is a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Pseudochirulus live on trees and their diet mainly consists of leaves. The ringtail possums are related to five other genera Hemibelideus, Petauroides, Petropseudes, Pseudocheirus and Pseudochirops.[1]

Species

It contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. ^ Meredith, Robert W.; Mendoza, Miguel A.; Roberts, Karen K.; Westerman, Michael; Springer, Mark S. (2010). "A Phylogeny and Timescale for the Evolution of Pseudocheiridae (Marsupialia: Diprotodontia) in Australia and New Guinea". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17 (2): 75–99. doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9129-7. PMC 2987229. PMID 21125022.
  2. ^ 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. pp. 51–53. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant Diprotodontia species
Suborder Vombatiformes
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos
  • Koala (P. cinereus)
Vombatidae
(wombats)
Vombatus
  • Common wombat (V. ursinus)
Lasiorhinus
  • Southern hairy-nosed wombat (L. latifrons)
  • Northern hairy-nosed wombat (L. krefftii)
Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums)
Phalangeridae
(including cuscuses)
Ailurops
(bear cuscuses)
  • Talaud bear cuscus (A. melanotis)
  • Sulawesi bear cuscus (A. ursinus)
Phalanger
  • Gebe cuscus (P. alexandrae)
  • Mountain cuscus (P. carmelitae)
  • Ground cuscus (P. gymnotis)
  • Eastern common cuscus (P. intercastellanus)
  • Woodlark cuscus (P. lullulae)
  • Blue-eyed cuscus (P. matabiru)
  • Telefomin cuscus (P. matanim)
  • Southern common cuscus (P. mimicus)
  • Northern common cuscus (P. orientalis)
  • Ornate cuscus (P. ornatus)
  • Rothschild's cuscus (P. rothschildi)
  • Silky cuscus (P. sericeus)
  • Stein's cuscus (P. vestitus)
Spilocuscus
  • Admiralty Island cuscus (S. kraemeri)
  • Common spotted cuscus (S. maculatus)
  • Waigeou cuscus (S. papuensis)
  • Black-spotted cuscus (S. rufoniger)
  • Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (S. wilsoni)
Strigocuscus
  • Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (S. celebensis)
  • Banggai cuscus (S. pelegensis)
Trichosurus
(brushtail possums)
  • Northern brushtail possum (T. arnhemensis)
  • Short-eared possum (T. caninus)
  • Mountain brushtail possum (T. cunninghami)
  • Coppery brushtail possum (T. johnstonii)
  • Common brushtail possum (T. vulpecula)
Wyulda
  • Scaly-tailed possum (W. squamicaudata)
Burramyidae
(pygmy possums)
Burramys
  • Mountain pygmy possum (B. parvus)
Cercartetus
  • Long-tailed pygmy possum (C. caudatus)
  • Western pygmy possum (C. concinnus)
  • Tasmanian pygmy possum (C. lepidus)
  • Eastern pygmy possum (C. nanus)
Tarsipedidae
Tarsipes
  • Honey possum (T. rostratus)
Petauridae
Dactylopsila
  • Great-tailed triok (D. megalura)
  • Long-fingered triok (D. palpator)
  • Tate's triok (D. tatei)
  • Striped possum (D. trivirgata)
Gymnobelideus
  • Leadbeater's possum (G. leadbeateri)
Petaurus
  • Northern glider (P. abidi)
  • Yellow-bellied glider (P. australis)
  • Biak glider (P. biacensis)
  • Sugar glider (P. breviceps)
  • Mahogany glider (P. gracilis)
  • Squirrel glider (P. norfolcensis)
Pseudocheiridae
Hemibelideus
  • Lemur-like ringtail possum (H. lemuroides)
Petauroides
(greater gliders)
  • Central greater glider (P. armillatus)
  • Northern greater glider (P. minor)
  • Southern greater glider (P. volans)
Petropseudes
  • Rock-haunting ringtail possum (P. dahli)
Pseudocheirus
  • Common ringtail possum (P. peregrinus)
Pseudochirulus
  • Lowland ringtail possum (P. canescens)
  • Weyland ringtail possum (P. caroli)
  • Cinereus ringtail possum (P. cinereus)
  • Painted ringtail possum (P. forbesi)
  • Herbert River ringtail possum (P. herbertensis)
  • Masked ringtail possum (P. larvatus)
  • Pygmy ringtail possum (P. mayeri)
  • Vogelkop ringtail possum (P. schlegeli)
Pseudochirops
  • D'Albertis's ringtail possum (P. albertisii)
  • Green ringtail possum (P. archeri)
  • Plush-coated ringtail possum (P. corinnae)
  • Reclusive ringtail possum (P. coronatus)
  • Coppery ringtail possum (P. cupreus)
Acrobatidae
Acrobates
  • Feathertail glider (A. pygmaeus)
Distoechurus
  • Feather-tailed possum (D. pennatus)
Macropodidae
(includes wallabies)
Lagostrophus
  • Banded hare-wallaby (L. fasciatus)
Dendrolagus
(tree-kangaroos)
  • Bennett's tree-kangaroo (D. bennettianus)
  • Doria's tree-kangaroo (D. dorianus)
  • Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (D. goodfellowi)
  • Grizzled tree-kangaroo (D. inustus)
  • Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (D. lumholtzi)
  • Matschie's tree-kangaroo (D. matschiei)
  • Dingiso (D. mbaiso)
  • Ifola (D. notatus)
  • Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (D. pulcherrimus)
  • Lowlands tree-kangaroo (D. spadix)
  • Tenkile (D. scottae)
  • Seri's tree-kangaroo (D. stellarum)
  • Ursine tree-kangaroo (D. ursinus)
Dorcopsis
  • Black dorcopsis (D. atrata)
  • White-striped dorcopsis (D. hageni)
  • Gray dorcopsis (D. luctuosa)
  • Brown dorcopsis (D. muelleri)
Dorcopsulus
  • Macleay's dorcopsis (D. macleayi)
  • Small dorcopsis (D. vanheurni)
Lagorchestes
(hare-wallabies)
  • Spectacled hare-wallaby (L. conspicillatus)
  • Rufous hare-wallaby (L. hirsutus)
Macropus
  • Western grey kangaroo (M. fuliginosus)
  • Eastern grey kangaroo (M. giganteus)
Notamacropus
  • Agile wallaby (N. agilis)
  • Black-striped wallaby (N. dorsalis)
  • Tammar wallaby (N. eugenii)
  • Western brush wallaby (N. irma)
  • Parma wallaby (N. parma)
  • Whiptail wallaby (N. parryi)
  • Red-necked wallaby (N. rufogriseus)
Onychogalea
(nail-tail wallabies)
  • Bridled nail-tail wallaby (O. fraenata)
  • Northern nail-tail wallaby (O. unguifera)
Osphranter
  • Antilopine kangaroo (O. antilopinus)
  • Black wallaroo (O. bernardus)
  • Common wallaroo (O. robustus)
  • Red kangaroo (O. rufus)
Petrogale
(rock-wallabies)
  • P. brachyotis species group: Short-eared rock-wallaby (P. brachyotis)
  • Monjon (P. burbidgei)
  • Nabarlek (P. concinna)
  • Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (P. wilkinsi)
  • P. xanthopus species group: Proserpine rock-wallaby (P. persephone)
  • Rothschild's rock-wallaby (P. rothschildi)
  • Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (P. xanthopus)
  • P. lateralis/penicillata species group: Allied rock-wallaby (P. assimilis)
  • Cape York rock-wallaby (P. coenensis)
  • Godman's rock-wallaby (P. godmani)
  • Herbert's rock-wallaby (P. herberti)
  • Unadorned rock-wallaby (P. inornata)
  • Black-flanked rock-wallaby (P. lateralis)
  • Mareeba rock-wallaby (P. mareeba)
  • Brush-tailed rock-wallaby (P. penicillata)
  • Purple-necked rock-wallaby (P. purpureicollis)
  • Mount Claro rock-wallaby (P. sharmani)
Setonix
  • Quokka (S. brachyurus)
Thylogale
(pademelons)
  • Tasmanian pademelon (T. billardierii)
  • Brown's pademelon (T. browni)
  • Dusky pademelon (T. brunii)
  • Calaby's pademelon (T. calabyi)
  • Mountain pademelon (T. lanatus)
  • Red-legged pademelon (T. stigmatica)
  • Red-necked pademelon (T. thetis)
Wallabia
  • Swamp wallaby (W. bicolor)
Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus
  • Rufous rat-kangaroo (A. rufescens)
Bettongia
(bettongs)
  • Eastern bettong (B. gaimardi)
  • Boodie (B. lesueur)
  • Woylie (B. penicillata)
  • Northern bettong (B. tropica)
Potorous
(potoroos)
  • Long-footed potoroo (P. longipes)
  • Long-nosed potoroo (P. tridactylus)
  • Gilbert's potoroo (P. gilbertii)
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodon
  • Musky rat-kangaroo (H. moschatus)
Taxon identifiers
Pseudochirulus


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