Phalanger vestitus (Milne-Edwards, 1877) . C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 85:1080.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Vogelkop, Sorong Div., Tamrau Range, Karons Mtns .

DISTRIBUTION: Interior New Guinea.

STATUS: IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: interpositus, permixtio.

COMMENTS: Formerly known as P. interpositus (see Flannery, 1990).