Lowland ringtail

Pseudochirulus canescens

TAXONOMY

Pseudochirulus canescens (Waterhouse, 1846), Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Five subspecies.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

French: Ringtail à plaine; German: Tiefland-Ringbeutler.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Length 15.0–17.0 in (38–43 cm), weight about 12.3 oz (350 g).

DISTRIBUTION

Lowland areas in all New Guinea.

HABITAT

Lowland and foothill rainforest, which is an exception for New Guinean species of this family.

BEHAVIOR

Probably solitary. Noctural, arboreal.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Herbivore, folivore.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Nothing is known.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Not threatened, but rare all over its range.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

None known.