Slender ringtail possum or Small ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus''), also known as the ringtail possum, is a genus of
marsupial
Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a ...
in the family
Pseudocheiridae native to
Indonesia
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Papua New Guinea
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and
Queensland
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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
False ringtail possums (''Pseudochirops'') are members of a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae
Pseudocheiridae is a family of arboreal marsupials containing 17 extant species of ringtailed possums and close relatives. They are f ...
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Species
It contains the following species:
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Lowland ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus canescens''
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Weyland ringtail possum
The Weyland ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus caroli'') is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the western Central Cordillera of Papua Province, Indonesia. ''P. caroli'' is also "known from four localitie ...
, ''Pseudochirulus caroli''
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Cinereus ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus cinereus''
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Painted ringtail possum
The painted ringtail possum or moss-forest ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus forbesi'') is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Names
It is known as skoyd or boñay in the Kalam language of Papua ...
, ''Pseudochirulus forbesi''
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Herbert River ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus herbertensis''
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Masked ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus larvatus''
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Pygmy ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus mayeri''
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Vogelkop ringtail possum
The Vogelkop ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus schlegeli'') is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the Bird's Head Peninsula, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (province), West Papua, Indonesia.
References
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, ''Pseudochirulus schlegeli''
References
Possums
Marsupial genera
Taxa named by Paul Matschie
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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