Pseudocheirus

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petauroidea
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Petauroidea

Familia: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamilia: Pseudocheirinae
Genus: Pseudocheirus
Species: Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Name

Pseudocheirus Ogilby, 1837

Type species: Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1818

Synonyms

• Hepoona Gray, 1841
• Pseudochirus Ogilby, 1836
• Ptenos Gray, 1843

References

• Pseudocheirus 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.
• Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth) 1: 457.
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Ringtail Possums