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Long-fingered triok

Dactylopsila palpator A. Milne-Edwards, 1888

Status not recordedmarsupials

The long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator) is a species in the family Petauridae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 369.9 g to 398 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the long-fingered triok

Weight
369.9 g – 398 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1.01src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the long-fingered triok live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The long-fingered triok is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the long-fingered triok?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator) is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

It is known as blc in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.

In 2026, a species that was thought to be extinct for 6000 years was discovered in New Guinea. Research on this discovery, along with comparisons with other members of the genus Dactylopsila, led to a proposal to split the genus into two genera as follows: Dactylopsila would retain D. megalura, D. tatei, and D. trivirgata. Genus Dactylonax would be resurrected with D. palpator as its type, but sensu stricto. Dactylonax ernstmayri, formerly a subspecies of D. palpator, would be elevated to species level, and the rediscovered Dactylonax kambuayai placed in the resurrected genus. In addition, these two genera are combined in subfamily Dactylopsilinae.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-fingered triok” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-fingered_triok&oldid=1351689205), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-fingered triok endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the long-fingered triok classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPetauridae
  6. genusDactylopsila
  7. SpeciesDactylopsila palpator A. Milne-Edwards, 1888

Synonyms Dactylonax palpator

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Long-fingered striped possumEnglish
  • تريوك طويل الأصابعArabic
  • vakoveverka dlouhoprstáCzech
  • Langfinger-StreifenbeutlerGerman
  • Falangero Rayado DedilargoSpanish
  • papuanliitopussikasFinnish
  • Kempelon UbumIndonesian
  • ユビナガフクロシマリスJapanese
  • Kleine BuideleekhoornDutch
  • palcownik długopalcyPolish
  • Possum-de-dedos-LongosPortuguese
  • Малый кускусRussian

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Relatives of the long-fingered triok

Other species in the same genus Dactylopsila.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-fingered triok?

An adult long-fingered triok weighs 369.9 g – 398 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-fingered triok live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-fingered triok for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the long-fingered triok?

The long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator) belongs to the family Petauridae in the order Diprotodontia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-fingered-triok

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BibTeX
@misc{long_fingered_triok_2026,
  title = {Long-fingered triok (Dactylopsila palpator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-fingered-triok},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}