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Pseudochirulus canescens  (Waterhouse, 1846)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 709421

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pseudocheirus canescens (Waterhouse, 1846)
  
    Pseudochirulus canescens avarus (Thomas, 1906)
  
    Pseudochirulus canescens bernsteini (Schlegel, 1866)
  
    Pseudochirulus canescens canescens (Waterhouse, 1846)
  
    Pseudochirulus canescens dammermani (Thomas, 1922)
  
    Pseudochirulus canescens gyrator (Thomas, 1904)
  
    Phalangista canescens Waterhouse, 1846
  
  Common Name(s): Lowland Ring-tailed Possum [English]
  
    Lowland Ringtail [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, 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  
                                                 SpeciesPseudochirulus canescens (Waterhouse, 1846) – Lowland Ring-tailed Possum, Lowland Ringtail  
       

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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   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  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 canescens, Lowland Ring-tailed Possum [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pseudochirulus canescens, Lowland Ringtail [English]   
       
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pseudochirulus canescens, Lowland Ring-tailed Possum [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient. Uncommon  
 

 

    


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