Dactylonax palpator

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1888)

Western Long-fingered Possum

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Petauroidea
Family: Petauridae
Subfamily: Dactylopsilinae
Genus: Dactylonax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1888. Note sur une espèce nouvelle du genre Dactylopsila. Pp. 173–177 in Anonymous. (eds.). Mémoires publiés par la Société philomathique à l'occasion du centenaire de sa fondation. 1788-1888. Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Paris, 294 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=t1dDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA174

Original name as described

Dactylopsila palpator

Other common names

Long-fingered Triok · Long-fingered Striped Possum

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1224 (= MNHN:AGal:257c) (= MNHN:NGal:188) (= MNHN:type:664)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"la côte sud de la Nouvelle-Guinée" (= south coast of New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

formerly included in Dactylopsila; previously included D. ernstmayri

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M. 2015a. Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums). Pp. 436–455 in Handbook of the mammals of the world. Volume 5. Marsupials and monotremes (D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. · Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Bocos, C., Koungoulos, L.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):17-34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000336

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Dactylopsila palpator

A. Milne-Edwards, 1888

Family

Petauridae

Root name

palpator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1886-1224 (= MNHN:AGal:257c) (= MNHN:NGal:188) (= MNHN:type:664)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

la côte sud de la Nouvelle-Guinée

Type locality

Indonesia: Western New Guinea.

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=t1dDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA174

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:829, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Corbet & Hill (1980:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Aplin, Pasveer & Boles (1999:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27758)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Dactylonax palpator:

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Petauridae

Root name

palpator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619851

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1910:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11501)
Laurie & Hill (1954:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6225/21959892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Flannery, Aplin, Bocos, Koungoulos & Helgen (2026:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72700)

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