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Species profile—Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy-possum)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Burramyidae (pygmy-possums) → Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy-possum)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Burramyidae (pygmy-possums)
Scientific name
Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818)
Common name
eastern pygmy-possum
Type reference
Desmarest, A.G. (1818). in, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquee aux arts, a l'agriculture, a l'economie rurale et domestique, a la medecine etc. Nouv. Edn. Paris: Deterville Tom. 25
WildNet taxon ID
918
Alternate name(s)
pygmy-possum
possum mouse
dormouse opossum
common dormouse-phalanger
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=918.

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

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