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Pseudochirulus  Matschie, 1915
Taxonomic Serial No.: 709350

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
                               OrderDiprotodontia Owen, 1866  
                                  SuborderPhalangeriformes Szalay in Archer, 1982  
                                     SuperfamilyPetauroidea Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        FamilyPseudocheiridae Winge, 1893 – ring-tailed possums, greater gliders  
                                           SubfamilyPseudocheirinae Winge, 1893  
                                              GenusPseudochirulus Matschie, 1915  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus canescens (Waterhouse, 1846) – Lowland Ring-tailed Possum, Lowland Ringtail 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus caroli (Thomas, 1921) – Weyland Ringtail, Weyland Ring-tailed Possum 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus cinereus Tate, 1945 – Daintree River Ring-tailed Possum, Cinereous Ringtail 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus forbesi (Thomas, 1887) – Painted Ringtail, Painted Ring-tailed Possum 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Collett, 1884) – Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum, Herbert River Ringtail 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus larvatus (Förster and Rothschild, 1911) – Masked Ringtail, Masked Ring-tailed Possum 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus mayeri (Rothschild and Dollman, 1932) – Pygmy Ring-tailed Possum, Pygmy Ringtail 
                                                 Species Pseudochirulus schlegeli (Jentink, 1884) – Vogelkop Ringtail, Arfak Ring-tailed Possum 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia   
  Page(s): 631   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-343   
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  Reference for: Pseudochirulus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Pseudochirulus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials   
  Page(s): 1-799   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-996   
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