Tous ayamaruensis

(K. P. Aplin in K. P. Aplin, Pasveer, & Boles, 1999)

Ring-tailed Glider

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Petauroidea
Family: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamily: Hemibelideinae
Genus: Tous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Aplin, K.P., Pasveer, J.M. and Boles, W.E. 1999. Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, including descriptions of two previously unknown marsupial species. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 57:351-387.

Authority publication link

https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/29.%20Aplin,%20Pasveer,%20Boles.pdf

Original name as described

Petauroides ayamaruensis

Type material

WAM 98.7.39

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Unconsolidated cave sediments of early Holocene age in Kria Cave, 3 km east of the village Suwiam/Mapura, northeast of the Ayamaru Lakes, Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird's Head, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Excavated from Unit V (135-140 cm depth) of Kria Cave square 1N1E, dated to c. 7500-6000 BP (Pasveer 1998)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously known only as a subfossil; living representatives discovered recently and moved from Petauroides to the newly described genus Tous

Taxonomy notes citation

Flannery, T.F., Koungoulos, L.G., Meijaard, E., Yohanita, A.M., Muharmansyah, A., AlZaqie, I., Aplin, K.P., Korain, F., Mjam, M. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new genus of hemibelideine possum (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) from New Guinea and Australia, including a Lazarus taxon from the Vogelkop Peninsula. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):35-52. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3004

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1007041

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.

Petauroides ayamaruensis

K. P. Aplin in K. P. Aplin, Pasveer, & Boles, 1999

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

ayamaruensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM 98.7.39

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Unconsolidated cave sediments of early Holocene age in Kria Cave, 3 km east of the village Suwiam/Mapura, northeast of the Ayamaru Lakes, Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird's Head, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Excavated from Unit V (135-140 cm depth) of Kria Cave square 1N1E, dated to c. 7500-6000 BP (Pasveer 1998).

Type locality

Indonesia: Western New Guinea: Southwest Papua: 1°16′S, 132°12′E.

Authority page

365

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

Aplin, Pasveer & Boles (1999:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27758)

Tous ayamaruensis:

Flannery, Koungoulos, Meijaard, Yohanita, Muharmansyah, AlZaqie, K. P. Aplin, Korain, Mjam, & K. M. Helgen, 2026

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

ayamaruensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Flannery, Koungoulos, Meijaard, Yohanita, Muharmansyah, AlZaqie, Aplin, Korain, Mjam & Helgen (2026:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72701)

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