Dactylopsila kambuayai Aplin, 1999:373
Vogelkop striped possum, Vogelkop ringtail possum
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: mid-Holocene (Aplin et al., 1999)
Since rediscovered?
Distribution
Arfak Mountains, Bird's Head Peninsula (=Vogelkop Peninsula), Irian Jaya, Indonesia, New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Aplin, Kenneth Peter. In: 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. 6th Conference on Australasian vertebrate evolution, palaeontology and systematics, and extinction Records of the Western Australian Museum 57(suppl.): 351-387.
Other references:
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6272/dactylopsila-kambuayai
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