Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)
- Didelphis peregrinus Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Vol. I. Sistens Quadrupedia eorumque varietates. Rotterdam : C.R. Hake. [78] [based on 'New Holland Opossum' of Pennant, T. 1783. History of the Quadrupeds. London : B. White xxiv 566 +14 pp. 52 pls [310]].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Endeavour River, QLD. - Didelphis caudivolvula Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class 1. Mammalia, containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the Mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Together with numerous additions from more recent zoological writers, and illustrated with copper plates. London : J. Murray & R. Faulder 1 Pt 1 xl 400 pp. 9 pls. [196] [on same basis as D. peregrinus Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Vol. I. Sistens Quadrupedia eorumque varietates. Rotterdam : C.R. Hake].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, (as New Holland near Endeavour River), QLD. - Didelphis novaehollandiae Bechstein, J.M. 1800. Thomas Pennant's allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüssigen Thiere.Aus dem englischen übersetzt aud mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen von J.M. Bechstein. Weimar : Industrie-Comptoir's Vol. 2 xi 323-768 pls 35-54. [348] [on same basis as D. peregrinus Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Vol. I. Sistens Quadrupedia eorumque varietates. Rotterdam : C.R. Hake].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Endeavour River, QLD. - Phalangista cookii Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Tierreich eingeheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der Vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier Staatsgrath von Fransreich und beständiger Secretär der Academie der Wissenschaften U.S.W. Aus dem Französischen frey übersetzt und mit vielen Zusätzen versehen. Säugethiere und Vögel. Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. [258] [junior homonym of P. cookii Desmarest, 1818].
Type data:
Status unknown, 'north coast of New Holland'. - Phalangista banksii Gray, J.E. 1838. Notes on the above, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 106-108 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [71]] [107] [based on 'New Holland Opossum' of Pennant, T. 1783. History of the Quadrupeds. London : B. White xxiv 566 +14 pp. 52 pls [301]; Balantia banksii Oken, 1816 is not available, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 417. Rejection for nomenclatorial purposes of volume 3 (Zoologie) of the work by Lorenz Oken entitled Okens Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte published in 1815–1816. Opin. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nomen. 14: 1–42].
Type data:
Status unknown, Endeavour River, QLD.Secondary source:
Pennant, T. 1783. History of the Quadrupeds. London : B. White xxiv 566 +14 pp. 52 pls.; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 417. Rejection for nomenclatorial purposes of volume 3 (Zoologie) of the work by Lorenz Oken entitled Okens Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte published in 1815–1816. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 1-42. - Pseudochirus laniginosus incanens Thomas, O. 1923. On some Queensland Phalangeridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 246-250 [1 Feb. 1923] [249].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1922.12.18.26 ♀ adult skin & skull, Vine Creek, near Ravenshoe, QLD. - Pseudochirus laniginosus notialis Thomas, O. 1923. On the ring-tailed phalanger of South Australia, and a new rat from North Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 12: 158-160 [158].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1923.5.11.1 ♂ adult skin & skull, Aldgate, Mt Lofty, near Adelaide, SA. - Pseudochirus laniginosus oralis Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [631].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1926.3.11.28 ♂ adult skin & skull, Bloomsbury (as 'Bloombury'), QLD. - Pseudochirus rubidus Troughton, E. le G. & Le Souef, A.S. 1929. A new species of ring-tailed phalanger (Ps. laniginosus group) from the Bunya Mountains, S.E. Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 291-296 [28 Nov. 1929] [294].
Type data:
Holotype AM M2791 ♀ adult skin & skull, N of Mt Mowbullan, Bunya Range, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McKay, G.M. 1988. Petauridae. pp. 87-97 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [95] (based on Ride (1970: 224))
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, florivore, folivore, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, tall open forest, woodland.
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |