''Dactylopsila'' is a genus of
marsupial
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas. One of marsupials' unique features is their reproductive strategy: the young are born in a r ...
s in the family
Petauridae,
native to
New Guinea
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, the
Cape York peninsula
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of
Australia
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, and other close islands. Members of this genus are known as trioks or striped possums, though the latter name is usually used for ''
D. trivirgata''.
Species
The genus includes the following four species:
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Great-tailed triok, ''Dactylopsila megalura''
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Long-fingered triok, ''Dactylopsila palpator''
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Tate's triok, ''Dactylopsila tatei''
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Striped possum, ''Dactylopsila trivirgata''
References
Possums
Marsupial genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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