Dactylonax palpator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangerida Superfamilia: Petauroidea

Familia: Petauridae
Subfamilia: Dactylopsilinae
Genus: Dactylonax
Species: Dactylonax palpator

Name

Dactylonax palpator (Milne-Edwards, 1888)

• Holotype: MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1224, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Léon Laglaize in 1886.
• Type locality: “la côte sud de la Nouvelle-Guinée”, restricted to “Mount Arfak” by Flanney et al. (2026: 24).

Combinations

• Dactylopsila palpator Milne-Edwards, 1888: 174 [original combination]
• Dactylonax palpator: Thomas, 1910: 610 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, A. 1888. Note sur une espèce nouvelle du genre Dactylopsila. In: Mémoires publiés par la Société philomathique à l'occasion du centenaire de sa fondation 1788–1888 173–177. GoogleBooks Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1910. A new Genus for Dactylopsila palpator. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 6(36): 610. DOI: 10.1080/00222931008692892 BHL Reference page. 
• Flannery, T.F., †Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found Alive After 6,000 years: Modern Records of An ‘Extinct’ Papuan Marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with A Revision of the Systematics and Zoogeography of the Genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78: 17–34. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Western Long-fingered Possum
• 日本語: ユビナガフクロシマリス

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