Pseudocheirus Ogilby 1837 (ring-tailed possum)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae

Alternative spelling: Pseudochirus

Parent taxon: Pseudocheiridae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994

See also Dawson et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pocock 1921 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Corracheirus, Gawinga, Marlu, Paljara, Petauroides, Pildra, Pseudochirops

Subtaxa: Pseudocheirus albertisii Pseudocheirus peregrinus Pseudocheirus stirtoni Pseudochirus peregrinus

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Type: Pseudocheirus albertisii

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections)

• Pliocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (4)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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