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Australian Ring-tailed Possums
Pseudocheirus
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.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Eastern Ring-tailed Possum
speciesPseudocheirus peregrinus
Western Ring-tailed Possum
speciesPseudocheirus occidentalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42774.