Masked Ringtail Possum
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Masked Ringtail Possum
| Masked Ringtail Possum | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Pseudocheiridae |
| Genus: | Pseudochirulus |
| Species: | P.larvatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochirulus larvatus (Forster and Rothschild, 1911)[2] |
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| Masked Ringtail Possum range | |
The Masked Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus larvatus, is a marsupial possum of the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in northeastern New Guinea in the Star Mountains. the eastern Central Cordillera, the Huon Peninsula and the northern coast ranges.[1][3] Masked Ringtails are arboreal residents of various forest ecosystems. They are sexually dimorphic and locally common.[1] This species is sometimes classified as a subpopulation of P. forbesi;[1][3] however, it has a separate range.
References
- ^ a b c d McKnight, M. (2008). "Pseudochirulus larvatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136699. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pseudochirulus_larvatus/#MoreInfo
- ^ a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=11000123, retrieved 16 August 2009
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