Long-fingered triok

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Long-fingered triok [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Petauridae
Genus: Dactylopsila
Species:
D. palpator
Binomial name
Dactylopsila palpator
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Long-fingered triok range

The long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator) is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [2]

It is known as blc in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [3]

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References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 54. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Seri, L., Allison, A., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. (2016). Dactylonax palpator. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6225A21959892.en
  3. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.