Painted ringtail possum

Painted ringtail possum [1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Pseudocheiridae
Genus:	Pseudochirulus
Species:	P. forbesi
Binomial name
Pseudochirulus forbesi (Thomas, 1887)
Painted ringtail possum range
Synonyms
Pseudocheirus forbesi (Thomas, 1887)

The painted ringtail possum or moss-forest ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus forbesi) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It inhabits montane forests between altitudes of 450 to 3800 metres throughout the Huon Peninsula montane rain forests, Central Range montane rain forests and Huon Peninsula montane rain forests of Papua New Guinea. ^{[2] [3]} It has a diet of primarily leaves, including those of Medinilla. ^[3]

Names

It is known as skoyd or boñay in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. ^[4]

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. 52. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
2. Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Pseudochirulus forbesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T40639A21961873. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40639A21961873.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
3. Meredith, Robert W.; Mendoza, Miguel A.; Roberts, Karen K.; Westerman, Michael; Springer, Mark S. (2010). "A Phylogeny and Timescale for the Evolution of Pseudocheiridae (Marsupialia: Diprotodontia) in Australia and New Guinea". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17 (2): 75–99. doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9129-7. ISSN   1064-7554. PMC   2987229 . PMID   21125022.
4. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.