Species Dactylopsila trivirgata Gray, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dactylopsila trivirgata Gray, J.E. 1858. List of species of Mammalia sent from the Aru Islands by Mr A.R. Wallace to the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 106-113 pls 63-64 [Date published 27/Apr/1858: publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [440]] [111].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1858.2.20.5 ♀ adult skin & skull, Aru Ils, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. London : British Museum 175 pp. 3 pls. [17] (also for extralimital synonymy)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Dietpredominantly insects but may include leaves, fruit, small vertebrates, honey.

General References

Handasyde, K. 2000. Striped possums: the bold and the beautiful. Nature Australia 28(9): 27-31

Handasyde, K.A. & Martin, R.W. 1996. Field observations on the common striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata) in north Queensland. Wildlife Research 23: 755-766

Rawlins, D.R. & Handasyde, K.A. 2002. The feeding ecology of the striped possum, Dactylopsila trivirgata (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in far north Queensland, Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 257: 195-206

Smith, A. 1982. Is the striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata; Marsupialia, Petauridae) an arboreal anteater? Australian Mammalogy 5: 229-234

Van Dyck, S.M. 1995. Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata. pp. 222-223 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

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