Plush-coated ringtail possum
Appearance
Plush-coated ringtail possum[1] | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Pseudocheiridae |
Genus: | Pseudochirops |
Species: | P. corinnae
|
Binomial name | |
Pseudochirops corinnae (Thomas, 1897)
| |
![]() | |
Plush-coated ringtail possum range |
The plush-coated ringtail possum or golden ringtail possum (Pseudochirops corinnae) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
Names
[edit]It is known as wcm, pungi-mdep, wlpog in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Pseudochirops corinnae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18504A21962636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18504A21962636.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.