Southwestern Pygmy Possum

Southwestern Pygmy Possum

Taxobox
name = Southwestern Pygmy PossumMSW3 Groves|pages=44-45]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | title = Cercartetus concinnus | id = 40576 | downloaded = 2006-12-26]


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Burramyidae
genus = "Cercartetus"
species = "C. concinnus"
binomial = "Cercartetus concinnus"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1845)

The Southwestern Pygmy Possum ("Cercartetus concinnus"), commonly known as the Western Pygmy Possum or the Mundarda, is a small marsupial found in Australia. It has a patchy distribution which includes southwestern Western Australia as well as wheatbelt areas of South Australia, Kangaroo Island and Victoria south to Edenhope. It is also found on in far south-western New South Wales. cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | pages = 88]

The Southwestern Pygmy Possum is one of the most unusual members of its four-strong genus, as unlike its grey relatives, it is coloured a bright cinnamon colour. It is nocturnal and feeds on invertebrates and nectar.

References

External links

* [http://www.westernwildlife.com.au/western/mammals/pygmy.htm Western Wildlife including photo]
* [http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/thumbmar.htm
]
* [http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/thumblmar.htm
]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Southwestern pygmy possum — Southwestern Pygmy Possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

  • southwestern pygmy possum — laibauodegis miegapelinis kuskusas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cercartetus concinnus angl. mundarda; southwestern pygmy phalanger; southwestern pygmy possum; western pygmy possum vok. Dünnschwanz… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • southwestern pygmy phalanger — laibauodegis miegapelinis kuskusas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cercartetus concinnus angl. mundarda; southwestern pygmy phalanger; southwestern pygmy possum; western pygmy possum vok. Dünnschwanz… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Eastern Pygmy Possum — Eastern Pygmy Possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene Recent Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Tasmanian Pygmy Possum — Tasmanian pygmy possum[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2 …   Wikipedia

  • Mountain Pygmy Possum — Mountain Pygmy Possum[1] Temporal range: Pleistocene Recent Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

  • western pygmy possum — laibauodegis miegapelinis kuskusas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cercartetus concinnus angl. mundarda; southwestern pygmy phalanger; southwestern pygmy possum; western pygmy possum vok. Dünnschwanz… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Long-tailed Pygmy Possum — Long tailed Pygmy Possum[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2 …   Wikipedia

  • Possum — Taxobox name = Possums image width = 240px image caption = Common Brushtail Possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Marsupialia ordo = Diprotodontia subordo = Phalangeriformes subordo …   Wikipedia

  • Common Brushtail Possum — Common Brushtail Possum[1] Common brushtail possums at Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia Conservation status …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”