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The common ringtail possum (''Pseudocheirus peregrinus'', Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers and fruits. The Ringtail Possum does not occur in New Zealand. This possum also consumes a special type of faeces that is produced during the daytime when it is resting in a nest. This behaviour is called coprophagia and is similar to that seen in rabbits. ==Taxonomy== The common ringtail possum is currently classified as the only living species in the genus ''Pseudocheirus''; the species of ''Pseudochirulus'' and other ringtail genera were formerly also classified in ''Pseudocheirus''. Several subspecies have been described, such as the Western Australian ''Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis'', but the entire population may be a species complex.〔 The arrangement as the only extant species of ''Pseudocheirus'' is:〔 *''Pseudocheirus peregrinus pereginus'', the type subspecies based on a collection made at Endeavour River *''Pseudocheirus peregrinus convolutor'', *''Pseudocheirus peregrinus pulcher'', *''Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis'', called the western ringtail possum, found in the south west of the country. Taxonomic opinion favours regarding this as a separate species, ''Pseudocheirus occidentalis'', though the currently contradictory evidence would not allow this recommendation to be formalised. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「common ringtail possum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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