Pseudochirulus
≈ 1 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Slender ringtail possum or Small ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus), also known as the ringtail possum, is a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Pseudochirulus live on trees and their diet mainly consists of leaves. The ringtail possums are related to five other genera Hemibelideus, Petauroides, Petropseudes, Pseudocheirus and Pseudochirops.
Slender ringtail possum or Small ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus), also known as the ringtail possum, is a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Pseudochirulus live on trees and their diet mainly consists of leaves. The ringtail possums are related to five other genera Hemibelideus, Petauroides, Petropseudes, Pseudocheirus and Pseudochirops.
Species
It contains the following species: Lowland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus canescens Weyland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus caroli Cinereus ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus cinereus Painted ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus forbesi Herbert River ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus herbertensis Masked ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus larvatus Pygmy ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus mayeri Vogelkop ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus schlegeli
References
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333136032 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.