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Monotypic taxon: Genus Hemibelideus (Collett, 1884) - brush-tipped ring-tailed possum (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Diprotodontia - (Family) Pseudocheiridae

Original position

Questionably Pseudocheiridae (Family) Winge, 1893

Current position

Hemibelideinae (Subfamily) Kirsch et al., 1997

Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 50.

Alternative positions

*Petauridae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 19.
*Pseudocheiridae* (Family) Winge, 1893	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 58.

Historical positions

*Hemibelideinae* (Subfamily) Kirsch et al., 1997	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 50.
*Pseudocheiridae* (Family) Winge, 1893	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 58.
*Petauridae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 78.
*Petauridae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 19.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2005	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1993	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1991	R.M. Nowak	1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025