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Species profile—Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Acrobatidae (feathertail glider) → Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)

Photo of Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider) - Hogan, L.,Queensland Herbarium, DES,1996
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Acrobatidae (feathertail glider)
Scientific name
Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793)
Common name
feathertail glider
WildNet taxon ID
930
Synonym(s)
Acrobates pulchellus
Dromicia frontalis
Didelphis pygmaea
Acrobates frontalis
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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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=930

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
8 March 2022
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