Dactylopsila kambuayai

Habitat. Modern specimens collected in montane forest at elevation of 867 m. Studies by K. Aplin and K. Helgen suggest that, although this species and the Long-fingered Striped Possum are each other’s closest relatives, they are likely to be altitudinally segregated in Arfak Mountains. They suggest that the Arfak Striped Possum shares the lower-elevation montane forests with the Torresian Striped Possum (D. trivirgata), while the Long-fingered Striped Possum occurs in the higher-elevation cloudforest.

Sumber: Petauridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Sumber: Petauridae

Status and Conservation. This taxon has not yet been assessed on The IUCN Red List. It is virtually unknown, with extremely few records. Modern specimens, including an adult female and an associated well-furred immature female, were collected at Nenei, in the Arfak Mountains.

Sumber: Petauridae

Descriptive notes. There is no specific information on measurements and weight, nor on pelage, but all striped possums have distinctive black and white stripes extending from tip of nose down back to rump. It resembles the Long-fingered Striped Possum (D. palpator) in having extreme elongation of fourth digit of manus, but it has a smaller body size and differs from that species in many details, including greatly foreshortened rostrum and proportionally smaller cheekteeth.

Sumber: Petauridae

Distribution. Arfak Mts in Bird's Head Peninsula, W New Guinea.

Sumber: Petauridae