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Weyland ringtail possum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Pseudocheiridae
Genus:	Pseudochirulus
Species:	P. caroli
Binomial name
Pseudochirulus caroli (Thomas, 1921)
Weyland ringtail possum range

The Weyland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus caroli) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the western Central Cordillera, including the Weyland and Star Mountains, of Papua Province, Indonesia. P. caroli is also "known from four localities west of the Star Mountains" and tends to live in montane forest or other hilly areas. Currently, the Weyland ringtail is not endangered but should be "monitored it could rapidly become threatened if either human encroachment or hunting were to increase significantly."

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. 52. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D. (2016). "Pseudochirulus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18507A21961944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18507A21961944.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
3. Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D. (2016). "Pseudochirulus caroli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18507A21961944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18507A21961944.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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