- Cinereus Ringtail Possum
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Cinereus Ringtail Possum[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Pseudocheiridae Genus: Pseudochirulus Species: P. cinereus Binomial name Pseudochirulus cinereus
Tate, 1945
Cinereus Ringtail Possum range The Cinereus Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirulus cinereus), also known as the Daintree River Ringtail Possum, is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It was long believed to be the same as the Herbert River Ringtail Possum (P. herbertensis), but has recently been separated. The two species differ considerably in appearance.
The Cinereus Ringtail Possum is a cinnamon or brown colour, and has been said, like the Lemur-like Ringtail Possum (Hemibelideus lemuroides), to resemble a lemur. It is found in montane tropical rainforest in three separate populations just north of Cairns: on Carbine Tableland, Mt Windsor Tableland and Thornton Peak massif.[3]
References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 52. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Burnett, S. & Winter, J. (2008). Pseudochirulus cinereus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. pp. 98.
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