Biology:Pseudochirops
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Short description: Genus of marsupials
| Pseudochirops[1] | |
|---|---|
| Green ringtail possum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Pseudocheiridae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudochiropsinae Kirsch, Lapointe and Springer, 1997 |
| Genus: | Pseudochirops Matschie, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Phalangista (Pseudochirus) albertisii Peters, 1874
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| Species | |
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False ringtail possums (Pseudochirops) are members of a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae.[2] It contains the following species:
- D'Albertis's ringtail possum, Pseudochirops albertisii
- Green ringtail possum, Pseudochirops archeri
- Plush-coated ringtail possum, Pseudochirops corinnae
- Reclusive ringtail possum, Pseudochirops coronatus
- Coppery ringtail possum, Pseudochirops cupreus
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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp.
- ↑ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000127.
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