Pseudocheirus canescens (Waterhouse, 1846) . Nat. Hist. Mamm., 1:306.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Fakfak Div., Triton Bay .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea and Salawati Isl.

STATUS: Uncommon.

SYNONYMS: avarus, bernsteini, dammermani, grisescenti, gyrator.