Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Petauroidea

Familia: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamilia: Pseudocheirinae
Genus: Pseudocheirus
Species: Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Subspecies: P. p. convolutor – P. p. occidentalis – P. p. peregrinus – P. p. pulcher

Name

Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Endeavour River

Synonyms

• Didelphis peregrinus Boddaert, 1785
• Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1818

References

• Pseudocheirus peregrinus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Vol. I. "Sistens Quadrupedia eorumque varietates. Rotterdam" : C.R. Hake [78 ] [based on 'New Holland Opossum' of Pennant, T. 1783. History of the Quadrupeds. London : B. White xxiv 566 +14 pp. 52 pls [310]].
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Common Ringtail Possum, Common Ring-tailed Possum, Queensland Ringtail
magyar: Gyűrűsfarkú erszényes
polski: Pałanka wędrowna

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