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Pseudochirulus canescens (Lowland Ringtail)

Synonyms: Pseudocheirus canescens

Wikipedia Abstract

The lowland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus canescens) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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Infraspecies

Pseudochirulus canescens avarus
Pseudochirulus canescens bernsteini
Pseudochirulus canescens canescens
Pseudochirulus canescens dammermani
Pseudochirulus canescens gyrator

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.74
EDGE Score: 2.93
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.304 lbs (1.045 kg)
Female Weight [1]  2.094 lbs (950 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.513 lbs (1.14 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  20 %
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  80 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 9 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 9 months
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  15 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  9 inches (22 cm)

Ecoregions

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rectidigitus traubi[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0