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title: "Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum"
description: "Pseudochirulus herbertensis — Mammiferi. The Herbert River ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis) is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/herbert-river-ring-tailed-possum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum

> Pseudochirulus herbertensis — Mammiferi. The Herbert River ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis) is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia.

- Scientific name: *Pseudochirulus herbertensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 157
- Wikidata: [Q210165](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210165)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42756](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42756)

## Names

- en: Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum
- de: Herbert-River-Ringbeutler
- es: Falangero de Cola Anillada del Río Herbert
- nl: Herbert River-koeskoes
- pl: Wolatuszka czarno-biała

## Countries with the most observations

AU (151)

## Summary

The Herbert River ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis) is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a dark brown to black species, sometimes with a white belly.  The Herbert River ringtail possum was long considered conspecific with the cinereus ringtail possum (P. cinereus), despite the fact that they are very different in appearance. They are, however, the only members of their New Guinea-centred genus found in Australia. The Herbert River ringtail possum is restricted to tropical rainforest from Mount Lee, west of Ingham, to the Lamb Range, west of Cairns.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_River_ringtail_possum

## Photo

![Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/herbert-river-ring-tailed-possum/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259824996

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/herbert-river-ring-tailed-possum?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).