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The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers, fruits and sap.
Rock-haunting ringtail possum, Petropseudes dahli; Genus Pseudocheirus. Common ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common ringtail possum; Western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis; Genus Pseudochirulus. Lowland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus canescens; Weyland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus caroli
Pseudocheirus is a genus of ringtail possums (family Pseudocheiridae). It includes a single living species, the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) of Australia, as well as the fossil Pseudocheirus marshalli from the Pliocene of Victoria. [1] Other species have previously been included in this genus.
Rock-haunting ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli) Genus Pseudocheirus. Western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) Genus Pseudochirulus. Lowland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus canescens) Weyland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus caroli) Cinereus ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus cinereus)
Slender ringtail possum or Small ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus), also known as the ringtail possum, is a genus of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Pseudochirulus live on trees and their diet mainly consists of leaves.
It is the only species in the genus Petropseudes, but is part of the group including the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus). [1] The rock-haunting ringtail possum has one of the shortest tails of all ringtail possums, and at its end it is hairless and scaly.
The original description of the western population was as a separate species, Pseudocheirus occidentalis, [4] although it is also noted as a subspecies or member of a Pseudocheirus peregrinus species complex. [5] [6] Common names include the western ringtail possum, ngwayir, womp, woder, ngoor and ngoolangit. [6]
Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), also common in Australian urban areas, absent from New Zealand; Phalangeridae (possums and cuscuses), a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea containing most of the species referred to as "possums" in Australia