Acrobates frontalis

(De Vis, 1887)

Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Petauroidea
Family : Acrobatidae
Genus : Acrobates

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

De Vis, C.W. 1887-02-22. On new or rare vertebrates from the Herbert River, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 11:1129-1137.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6589388

Original name as described

Dromicia frontalis

Other common names

De Vis's Feathertail Glider

Type material

QM J568, QM J569, QM J570

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Herbert River, north Queensland," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from A. pygmaeus based on morphology

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., and P. Schouten. 2012. Gliding mammals of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. · Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000331

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dromicia frontalis

(De Vis, 1887)

Family

Acrobatidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J568, QM J569, QM J570

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

1134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6589388

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Acrobates frontalis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Acrobatidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

590

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Aplin, Armstrong, Aplin, Jenkins, Ingleby & Donnellan (2025:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68658)

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