Pseudochirops

Pseudochirops archeri

The Green Ring Beutler ( Pseudochirops ) is a marsupial genus of the family of ring Beutler ( Pseudocheiridae ). The genus includes five species.

Named giving feature of these animals is the greenish or coppery coat, sometimes back or face strips may also be present. The underside is lighter, often whitish. The tail can be used as a prehensile tail, its underside is glabrous with the back. Green Ring Beutler reach a body length 29-41 cm and a weight from 0.6 to 2.2 kilograms.

Habitat of these animals are rain forests up to 4000 meters above sea level, four of the five species live in New Guinea, only Pseudochirops archeri inhabited the north-eastern Queensland. They are nocturnal and sleep during the day in crotches or in self built sheet nests. They spend most of their lives in the trees and are likely to live mostly solitary. Their diet consists mainly of leaves, in addition they also take fruits to him.

There are five types:

• Pseudochirops cupreus inhabited the central mountains of New Guinea.
• Pseudochirops albertisii lives in northern and western New Guinea.
• Pseudochirops coronatus occurs only on the western tip of New Guinea.
• Pseudochirops corinnae is located in the central mountains of New Guinea. The IUCN lists the species as endangered.
• Pseudochirops archeri lives as a single species in Australia, on the Cape York Peninsula. It applies at risk as low.

Formerly, the Green Ring for Beutler closely related to the ordinary ring Beutler and arranged them in the genus Pseudocheirus one. Younger According to research, but they are only distantly related. The next of kin of the Green ring Beutler is the rock - ring Beutler.