Burramys parvus
Broom, 1895
Mountain Pygmy Possum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Diprotodontia |
| Suborder | : Phalangeriformes |
| Family | : Burramyidae |
| Genus | : Burramys |
Species status
Authority citation
Broom R (1895a) On a new fossil marsupial allied to Hypsiprymnus, but resembling in some points the Plagiaulacidae. Abstract of Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26, ii. [for 26 Jun 1895]
Original name as described
Burramys parvus
Other common names
Broom's Pygmy-possum · Burramys
Type material
AM F.45777, AM F.45778
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"New South Wales." Restricted by R. Broom in 1896 to "neighbourhood of Taralga, N.S.W. [= New South Wales]," Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
the recently described subspecies timdalei and scottyjamesi are considered synonyms here; they were named by R. T. Hoser, who's names are currently under scrutiny and should be tested by further studies before use
Taxonomy notes citation
Hoser, R. T. (2020). From a putative new taxon to a mutt! Formal descriptions of three new genetically divergent Mountain Pygmy Possums from Victoria and New South Wales closely associated with Burramys parvus Broom, 1896. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 42, 3-10.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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