| Painted ringtail possum[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Pseudocheiridae |
| Genus: | Pseudochirulus |
| Species: | P. forbesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochirulus forbesi (Thomas, 1887)
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| Painted ringtail possum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
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