It is named after the Telefol ethnic group, who hunted the animal long before it was identified scientifically by the AustralianzoologistTim Flannery. It is believed to live only in the extremely restricted range of one valley's oak forests at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,000 m (4,900 and 6,600 ft) along a single river in the middle of Papua New Guinea: the Nong River Valley north of Telefomin. After 1997's drought, extremely cold weather ("bitter frosts") which killed the trees, and resulting wildfires, these forests were destroyed, which Flannery believes might have resulted in the species' extinction.
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This cuscus can or has been found in the areas of Telefomin and Tifalmin, and Papua New Guinea. It might be found even further northeast or west of the known collection areas. The only place where it is known with certainty was largely destroyed by a fire in 1998 which was caused by a drought during an El Niño.[2]
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^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. p. 47. ISBN0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ abLeary, T.; Seri, L.; Flannery, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Salas, L.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Phalanger matanim". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16851A21950802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16851A21950802.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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telefomin, cuscus, phalanger, matanim, critically, endangered, possum, found, guinea, conservation, statuscritically, endangered, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, mammaliainfraclass, marsupialiaorder, dip. The Telefomin cuscus Phalanger matanim is a critically endangered possum found on New Guinea Telefomin cuscus 1 Conservation statusCritically Endangered IUCN 3 1 2 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaInfraclass MarsupialiaOrder DiprotodontiaFamily PhalangeridaeGenus PhalangerSpecies P matanimBinomial namePhalanger matanimFlannery 1987Telefomin cuscus rangeIt is named after the Telefol ethnic group who hunted the animal long before it was identified scientifically by the Australian zoologist Tim Flannery It is believed to live only in the extremely restricted range of one valley s oak forests at altitudes between 1 500 and 2 000 m 4 900 and 6 600 ft along a single river in the middle of Papua New Guinea the Nong River Valley north of Telefomin After 1997 s drought extremely cold weather bitter frosts which killed the trees and resulting wildfires these forests were destroyed which Flannery believes might have resulted in the species extinction Habitat editThis cuscus can or has been found in the areas of Telefomin and Tifalmin and Papua New Guinea It might be found even further northeast or west of the known collection areas The only place where it is known with certainty was largely destroyed by a fire in 1998 which was caused by a drought during an El Nino 2 References edit 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 p 47 ISBN 0 801 88221 4 OCLC 62265494 a b Leary T Seri L Flannery T Wright D Hamilton S Helgen K Singadan R Menzies J Allison A James R Salas L Dickman C 2016 Phalanger matanim IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T16851A21950802 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 2 RLTS T16851A21950802 en Retrieved 11 November 2021 nbsp This article about a diprotodont is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Telefomin cuscus amp oldid 1213895658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
