- Feather-tailed Possum
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Feather-tailed Possum[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Acrobatidae Genus: Distoechurus
Peters, 1874Species: D. pennatus Binomial name Distoechurus pennatus
(Peters, 1874)Feather-tailed Possum range The Feather-tailed Possum (Distoechurus pennatus) is a species of marsupial in the Acrobatidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus.[1]
References
- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 56. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ a b Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Salas, L. & Flannery, T. (2008). Distoechurus pennatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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