The Weyland ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus caroli'') is a species 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 ...

in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the western Central Cordillera, including the Weyland and Star Mountains, of

Papua Province Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri, and is divided in ...

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. ''P. caroli'' is also "known from four localities west of the Star Mountains" and tends to live in

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...

or other hilly areas. Currently, the Weyland ringtail is not endangered but should be "monitored ecauseit could rapidly become threatened if either human encroachment or hunting were to increase significantly."

References

Possums Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals described in 1921 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Marsupials of New Guinea {{Diprotodont-stub