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Species profile—Cercartetus caudatus (long-tailed pygmy-possum)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Burramyidae (pygmy-possums) → Cercartetus caudatus (long-tailed pygmy-possum)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Burramyidae (pygmy-possums)
Scientific name
Cercartetus caudatus (Milne-Edwards, 1877)
Common name
long-tailed pygmy-possum
Type reference
Milne-Edwards, A. (1877). Note sur quelques mammiferes nouveaux provenant de la Nouvelle-Guinee. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 85: 1079-1081 [1079]
WildNet taxon ID
917
Alternate name(s)
Queensland pygmy-possum
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=917.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024