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Taxon:
Family
Petauridae
Bonaparte, 1838
- gliding, ring-tailed, and striped possums
(mammal)
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Entity:
Petauroidea (Superfamily)
..Acrobatidae (Family)
..†Pilkipildridae (Family)
..Pseudocheiridae (Family)
..Tarsipedidae (Family)
..Petauridae (Family) - gliding, ring-tailed, and striped possums
....Dactylopsila (Genus) - striped possums
....Gymnobelideus (Genus) - Leadbeater's possum
....Petaurus (Genus) - lesser gliding possums
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C.L. Bonaparte, 1838) Kirsch, 1968
Original name
:
Bonaparte, C.L. 1838:112.
Subsequent rank
:
1968. Kirsch, 1968
: 420.
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Petauroidea
(Superfamily)
Bonaparte, 1838
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Petaurinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1832
Type
:
Petaurus
(Genus)
Shaw, 1791
Variants
Different rank
:
Petaurinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1832
Synonyms
In
:
Phalangeridae
(Family)
Thomas, 1888
Ref:
G.G. Simpson, 1945
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
buideleekhoorns
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
gliding, ring-tailed, and striped possums
:
ringtails
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
ringtail possums
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
gliding phalangers
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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