Rock-haunting ringtail possum

Rock-haunting ringtail possum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamily: Pseudocheirinae
Genus: Petropseudes
Thomas, 1923
Species:
P. dahli
Binomial name
Petropseudes dahli
(Collett, 1895)
Rock-haunting ringtail possum range

The rock-haunting ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli), also known as the rock ringtail possum, is a species of Australian possum. It is found in rocky escarpments in the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Gulf of Carpentaria across Western Australia and Northern Territory and just passing the Queensland border. It is also found on Groote Eylandt.[3] 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. It lives in small groups and is mainly herbivorous. It has a stocky build and is mostly grey in colour.[3]

  1. ^ a b 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. 51. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Burbidge, A.; Woinarski, J.; Winter, J.; Runcie, M. (2016). "Petropseudes dahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40580A21962333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40580A21962333.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 96.