Biology:Dactylopsila
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Short description: Genus of marsupials
| Dactylopsila | |
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| Dactylopsila megalura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Petauridae |
| Genus: | Dactylopsila Gray, 1858 |
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| Dactylopsila trivirgata Gray, 1858
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Dactylopsila is a genus of marsupials in the family Petauridae,[1] native to New Guinea, the Cape York peninsula of Australia , and other close islands. Members of this genus are known as trioks or striped possums, though the latter name is usually used for D. trivirgata.
Species
The genus includes the following four species:
- Great-tailed triok, Dactylopsila megalura
- Long-fingered triok, Dactylopsila palpator
- Tate's triok, Dactylopsila tatei
- Striped possum, Dactylopsila trivirgata
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 53-54. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000140.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q368980 entry
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