Long-fingered triok
| Long-fingered triok[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Petauridae |
| Genus: | Dactylopsila |
| Species: | D. palpator
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylopsila palpator A. Milne-Edwards, 1888
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| Long-fingered triok range | |
The long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator) is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
It is known as blc in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]
In 2026, a species that was thought to be extinct for 6000 years was discovered in New Guinea. Research on this discovery, along with comparisons with other members of the genus Dactylopsila, led to a proposal to split the genus into two genera as follows: Dactylopsila would retain D. megalura, D. tatei, and D. trivirgata. Genus Dactylonax would be resurrected with D. palpator as its type, but sensu stricto. Dactylonax ernstmayri, formerly a subspecies of D. palpator, would be elevated to species level, and the rediscovered Dactylonax kambuayai placed in the resurrected genus. In addition, these two genera are combined in subfamily Dactylopsilinae.[4]
References
- ^ 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Dactylonax palpator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T6225A21959892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6225A21959892.en.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Flannery, Tim F.; Aplin, Kenneth P.; Bocos, Carlos; Koungoulos, Loukas G.; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2026). "Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an 'extinct' Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax". Records of the Australian Museum. 78 (1): 17–34. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3003. Retrieved 6 March 2026.