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Monotypic taxon: Genus Pseudocheirus Ogilby, 1837 - ring-tailed possums (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Ogilby, 1837:457.
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Types

Type of: Pseudocheirinae (Subfamily) Winge, 1893
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Pseudocheirus (Subgenus) (Ogilby, 1837)
Type, by original designation: Pseudocheirus cookii (Desmarest, 1818)
Type, by synonymy: Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)

Variants

Different rank: Pseudocheirus (Subgenus) (Ogilby, 1837)

Synonyms

Accepted name: Pseudochirops (Genus) Matschie, 1915 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Pseudopseudes (Genus) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name (objective): Pseudochirus (Genus) Ogilby, 1836, nom. nud. Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Including: Hemibelideus (Genus) (Collett, 1884) Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including: Petropseudes (Genus) Thomas, 1923 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including: Pseudochirops (Genus) Matschie, 1915 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: kleine koeskoezen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: ring-tailed possums
: ringtails Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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