Biology:Coppery ringtail possum

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Coppery ringtail possum[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Pseudocheiridae
Genus: Pseudochirops
Species:
P. cupreus
Binomial name
Pseudochirops cupreus
(Thomas, 1897)
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Coppery ringtail possum range

The coppery ringtail possum (Pseudochirops cupreus) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

It is known as ymduŋ; bald, kagm, kas-gs, tglem-tud in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Pseudochirops cupreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T18505A21962805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18505A21962805.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18505/21962805. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  3. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

Wikidata ☰ Q209513 entry