Species Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Collett, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phalangista herbertensis Collett, R. 1884. On some apparently new marsupials from Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 381-389 pls 29-32 [1 Oct. 1884] [383].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1884.8.19.3 ♀ cast of skull, tops of Ranges, ca. 25 km W of Cardwell (as Herbert Vale), QLD; UZMO 684 ♂ skin & skull, tops of Ranges, ca. 25 km W of Cardwell (as Herbert Vale), QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Lumholtz, C. 1884. Notes upon some mammals recently discovered in Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 406-409.
• Pseudochirus mongan De Vis, C.W. 1887. On a new or rare vertebrate from the Herbert River, North Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 1129-1135 [22 Feb. 1887] [1130].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM M1032 ♀ adult skin & skull, Herbert Gorge, near Herberton, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [94].
• Pseudochirus herbertensis colletti Waite, E.R. 1899. Description of a ring-tailed possum regarded as a variety of Pseudochirus herbertensis, Collett. Records of the Australian Museum 3: 91-93 [17 Apr. 1899] [92].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM M436 ♀ adult skin, skin not removed & skull not removed, Herberton district, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [92].

 

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. [94]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Collett, 1884).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Ingham north to Thornton Peak.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, folivore, nocturnal.

 

General References

Crowe, O. & Hume, I.D. 1997. Morphology and function of the gastrointestinal tract of Australian folivorous possums. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 357-368

Haffenden, A. 1984. Breeding, growth and development in the Herbert River possum, Pseudocheirus herbertensis herbertensis (Marsupialia: Petauridae). pp. 277-281 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Laurance, W.F. 1990. Effects of weather on marsupial folivore activity in a north Queensland upland tropical rainforest. Australian Mammalogy 13: 41-47

Laurance, W.F. & Laurance, S.G.W. 1996. Response of five arboreal marsupials to recent selective logging in tropical Australia. Biotropica 28: 310-322

Murray, J.D., McKay, G.M., Winter, J.W. & Ingleby, S. 1989. Cytogenetics of the Herbert River ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus herbertensis (Diprotodontia: Pseudocheiridae); evidence for two species. Genome 32: 1119-1123

Spear, R., Haffenden, A.T., Daniels, P.W., Thomas, A.D. & Seawright, C.D. 1984. Disease of the Herbert River Ringtail, Pseudocheirus herbertensis and other North Queensland rainforest possums. pp. 283–302 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Springer, M., McKay, G., Aplin, K. & Kirsch, J. 1992. Relations, among ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) based on DNA-DNA hybridisation. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 423-435

Williams, S.E., Bolitho, E.E. & Fox, S. 2003. Climate change in Australian tropical rainforests: an impending environmental catastrophe. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 270: 1887-1892

Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]

Winter, J.W. 1984. Conservation studies of tropical rainforest possums. pp. 469-481 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Winter, J.W. & Atherton, R.G. 1984. Social group size in north Queensland ringtail possums of the genera Pseudocheirus and Hemibelideus. pp. 311-319 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Winter, J.W. & Goudberg, N.J. 1995. Herbert River Ringtail Possum Pseudochirulus herbertensis. pp. 250-252 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Herbert River Ringtail Possum)

 

History of changes

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