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Plush-coated ringtail possum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Pseudocheiridae
Genus:	Pseudochirops
Species:	P. corinnae
Binomial name
Pseudochirops corinnae (Thomas, 1897)
Plush-coated ringtail possum range

The plush-coated ringtail possum or golden ringtail possum (Pseudochirops corinnae) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Names

It is known as wcm, pungi-mdep, wlpog in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Pseudochirops corinnae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18504A21962636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18504A21962636.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

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