Pseudochirulus schlegeli (Jentink, 1884)
Arfak ringtail possum, Vogelkop ringtail possum
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pseudocheirus schlegelii Jentink, 1884 (original combination); Pseudocheirus lewisi Dollman, 1930
Pseudocheirus lewisi was first listed as a synonym of Pseudochirulus schlegeli by (Flannery, 1995:230).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1880's (Musser & Sommer, 1992)
Rediscovered in October 1992? (cf. Flannery, 1995)
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia, New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Less than 10 preserved specimens are currently known (Helgen et al., 2016). Long known only from the holotype, until a second pre-20th century was discovered by (Musser & Sommer, 1992). Two specimens were collected in October 1992 (Flannery, 1995:230).
Media
References
Aplin, Kenneth Peter, Pasveer, Juliette M. and Boles, Walter E. (1999). Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, including descriptions of two previously unknown marsupial species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 57(suppl.): 351-387.
Dollman, Guy. (1930). On mammals obtained by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. J. Spedan Lewis, F.Z.S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 429-435, pl. 1-4.
Flannery, Timothy F. (1990). The Mammals of New Guinea. E.J. Brill (Australia). 439 pp.
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). The Mammals of New Guinea, 2nd edition. Reed Books, Sydney, Australia.
Helgen, K., Dickman, C. & Salas, L. (2016). Pseudochirulus schlegeli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T40641A21962129. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40641A21962129.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2018.
Husson, A. M. (1964). Notes on the genus Pseudocheirus Ogilby (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 39(53): 555-572.
Musser, Guy G. and Sommer, Helmut G. (1992). Taxonomic Notes on Specimens of the Marsupials Pseudocheirus schlegelii and P. forbesi (Diprotodontia, Pseudocheiridae) in The American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 3044: 16 pp., 3 figures, 2 tables. [7 May 1992]
Suyanto, A., Yoneda, M., Maharadatunkamsi, I. M. and Sugardjito, J. (2002). Checklist of the Mammals of Indonesia, 2nd ed. Bogor: Puslitbang LIPI.
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