Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert 1785)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 51

Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert 1785)

[Didelphis] peregrinus Boddaert 1785 , Elench. Anim.: 78.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Endeavour River.

Vernacular Names: Common Ringtail.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. peregrinus Boddaert 1785

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. occidentalis Thomas 1888

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. pulcher Matschie 1915

Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus subsp. convolutor Schinz 1821

Distribution: Australia: Cape York Peninsula (Queensland) to SE South Australia and SW Western Australia, Tasmania, islands of the Bass Straits.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as P. occidentalis , Lower Risk (lc) as P. peregrinus . Common.

Discussion: Probably a species complex rather than a single species (see Flannery, 1994 a).