Cercartetus
Genus of marsupials / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The genus Cercartetus is a group of very small possums known as pygmy possums. Four species comprise this genus, which together with the genus Burramys make up the marsupial family Burramyidae.[1]
Quick Facts Cercartetus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...
Cercartetus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Cercartetus nanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Burramyidae |
Genus: | Cercartetus Gloger, 1841 |
Type species | |
Phalangista nana (Desmarest, 1818) | |
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It has occasionally been presumed that Cercaërtus was a misspelling or synonym of Cercartetus.[2][3] However, the name Cercaërtus is a junior synonym of Trichosurus and not of Cercartetus.[4][5][6][7]
Conservation International (CI) and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) reported on the possible discovery of a new species of Cercartetus pygmy possum upon visit to the Foja Mountains in June 2007.[8]