Plush-coated ringtail possum

Plush-coated ringtail possum[1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Pseudocheiridae
Genus:	Pseudochirops
Species:	P. corinnae
Binomial name
Pseudochirops corinnae (Thomas, 1897)
Plush-coated ringtail possum range

The plush-coated ringtail possum or golden ringtail possum (Pseudochirops corinnae) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.^[2]

Names

It is known as wcm, pungi-mdep, wlpog in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.^[3]

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. 53. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Pseudochirops corinnae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18504A21962636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18504A21962636.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.