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Pseudocheirus Ogilby 1837

Description

Pseudocheirus Ogilby 1837

Pseudocheirus Ogilby 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 457.

Type Species: Phalangista cookii Desmarest 1818

Synonyms: Hepoona Gray 1841; Pseudochirus Ogilby 1836; Ptenos Gray 1843.

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert 1785)

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. peregrinus Boddaert 1785

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. occidentalis Thomas 1888

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. pulcher Matschie 1915

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. convolutor Schinz 1821

Discussion: Pseudochirus Ogilby, 1836. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:26 is a nomen nudum, see Palmer (1904). Does not include Pseudochirulus Matschie, 1915, see Flannery (1994 a).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ogilby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Diprotodontia
Family
Pseudocheiridae
Genus
Pseudocheirus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudocheirus Ogilby, 1837 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.
  • Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus animalium, volumen 1: Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, erorumque varietates. C. R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.
  • Matschie, P. 1915. Zwei vermutlich neue Mause aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1915: 98 - 101.
  • Palmer, T. S. 1904. Index generum mammalium: A list of the genera and families of mammals. North American Fauna, 23: 1 - 984.
  • Flannery, T. F. 1994 a. Possums of the world: A monograph of the Phalangeroidea. Geo productions, Sydney, 240 pp.