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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER PHALANGERIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Petauroidea
--> FAMILY Tarsipedidae
--> GENUS Tarsipes
SPECIES Tarsipes rostratus
| Author: | Gervais and Verreaux, 1842. | | Citation: | L'Institut, l'ere Section, Sci., Math, Phys., Nat., 427: 75. | | Common Name: | Honey possum | | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound (Albany), see Gray (1842). | | Distribution: | SW Western Australia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Rare. | | Comments: | The name T. spenserae is considered a misspelling because it was presented as a patronym for Spencer (Gray, 1842:40). Ride (1970) emended the name to spencerae; see Mahoney (1981) for details. Mahoney (1981) presented evidence that Tarsipes rostratus Gervais and Verreaux, 1842 predates T. spenserae Gray, 1842. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
spencerae Ride, 1970
spenserae Gray, 1842
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