Tarsipes rostratus

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: Tarsipedidae
Genus: Tarsipes
Species: Tarsipes rostratus

Name

Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842: 75

Holotype: MNHN 1990-412 (formerly Cat. Gal. n° 151), mounted skin and skull, collected by Jules Verreaux in 1838.
Type locality: “Nouvelle-Hollande”, specified to “Swan River”, Western Australia, by Gervais & Verreaux (1842: 1).

Synonyms

Tarsipes spenserae Gray, 1842: 40
- Holotype: BMNH 1842.2.1.32, adult ♂, presented by George Grey.
- Type locality: “the scrub, King George's Sound”.
Tarsipes spencerae Ride, 1970: 88 [unjustified emendation]

Native distribution areas

Tarsipes rostratus — distribution map

Australia: south-western Western Australia.

References

Primary references

Gervais, P. & Verreaux, J. 1842. Mammalogie: Nouveau genre de didelphe. L'institut. Section 1: Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles 10: 75–76. Reference page.
Gervais, P. & Verreaux, J. 1842. [On a new genus of marsupial animals]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 1–5. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Grey, Governor of South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 1 9(55): 39–42. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Mahoney, J.A. 1981. The specific name of the honey possum (Marsupialia; Tarsipedidae: Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842). Australian Mammalogy 4(2): 135–138. DOI: 10.1071/AM81006 Reference page.
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page.

Links

Friend, T., Morris, K., Burbidge, A. & McKenzie, N. 2016. IUCN: Tarsipes rostratus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T40583A21958924. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40583A21958924.en. Accessed on 18 June 2024.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Хобатнагаловы кускус
Deutsch: Honigbeutler
English: Honey Possum
suomi: Kärsäpussipäästäinen
français: Possum a miel
日本語: フクロミツスイ
polski: Ostronóg
ไทย: ฮันนี่พอสซั่ม