Cercartetus caudatus
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1877)
Long-tailed Pygmy Possum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Diprotodontia |
| Suborder | : Phalangeriformes |
| Family | : Burramyidae |
| Genus | : Cercartetus |
Species status
Authority citation
Milne-Edwards, A. 1877. Note sur quelques mammifères nouveaux provenant de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 85:1079-1081.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4006314Original name as described
Dromicia caudata
Other common names
Queensland Pygmy Possum
Type material
MNHN 1877-1484b
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Nouvelle-Guinée."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia · Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
includes the recently described adelynhoserae, jackyhoserae, richardwellsi, rosswellingtoni, and doriskuenae (all described under a different genus, Eudromicia), which 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). Small and overlooked… six new species of Pygmy Possum, Genus Cercartetus Gloger, 1841 sensu lato from the Australasian bioregion. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 42, 11-22.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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