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The pygmy possums are species of small possums that together form the marsupial family Burramyidae. The Pleistocene ('plaɪstəsin is the epoch from 18 million to 10000 years BP covering the world's recent period The Eastern Pygmy Possum ( Cercartetus nanus) is a Diprotodont Marsupial of south-eastern Australia Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Marsupials are an Infraclass of Mammals characterized by a distinctive pouch (called the marsupium) in which females carry their young through Diprotodontia (Greek meaning "two front teeth" is a large order of about 120 Marsupial mammals including the Kangaroos Professor Robert Broom ( November 30, 1866, Paisley – April 6, 1951) was A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Burramys is a Genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one extant and 3 extinct (fossil species 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 A possum is any of about 64 small to medium-sized Arboreal Marsupial Species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi Marsupials are an Infraclass of Mammals characterized by a distinctive pouch (called the marsupium) in which females carry their young through There are five extant species of pygmy possum, grouped into two genera. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Four of the species are endemic to Australia, with one species also co-occurring in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Papua New Guinea (or ˈpæpjuːə in Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.
Pygmy possums range in length from about 50 to 120 millimetres long, and usually weigh between 10 and 50 grams. They are nocturnal and omnivorous, living on a diet of invertebrates, fruit, seed, nectar and pollen. As an Animal behavior, nocturnality describes sleeping during the Daytime and being active at Night - the opposite of the diurnal Omnivores (from Latin omne all everything vorare to devour are species that eat both Plants and Animals as their primary An invertebrate is an Animal lacking a Vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal Species — all animals except those in the Chordate The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored Nectar is a Sugar -rich liquid produced by plants It is produced either by the Flowers in which it attracts pollinating animals or by extrafloral Pollen is a fine to coarse powder consisting of microgametophytes ( pollen grains) which produce the male Gametes (sperm cells of They are excellent climbers, due in part to their possession of a prehensile tail. Prehensility or Prehensile is the quality of an Appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding Although they cannot glide like some other species of possum, some species are able to leap a long distance. [2]
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. Conservation International (CI is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Washington D The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. The Foja Mountains or Foja Range (Pegunungan Foja is located just north of the Mamberamo river basin in Papua, Indonesia. [3]
Classification
There are two genera of pygmy possums: Burramys and Cercartetus. Burramys is a Genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one extant and 3 extinct (fossil species 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 Burramys contains only one extant species, the Mountain Pygmy Possum, Burramys parvus. The Mountain Pygmy Possum ( Burramys parvus) is a small Mouse -sized (weighs 45 g Nocturnal Marsupial of Australia found in dense As currently understood, Cercartetus consists of four extant species.
- Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
- Genus Burramys
- Mountain Pygmy Possum, Burramys parvus
- †Burramys wakefieldi
- †Burramys tridactylus
- †Burramys brutyi
- Genus Cercartetus
- Long-tailed Pygmy Possum, Cercartetus caudatus
- Western Pygmy Possum, Cercartetus concinnus
- Tasmanian Pygmy Possum, Cercartetus lepidus
- Eastern Pygmy Possum, Cercartetus nanus
- Genus Burramys
† = extinct species. Burramys is a Genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one extant and 3 extinct (fossil species The Mountain Pygmy Possum ( Burramys parvus) is a small Mouse -sized (weighs 45 g Nocturnal Marsupial of Australia found in dense 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 The Long-tailed Pygmy Possum ( Cercartetus caudatus) is a Diprotodont Marsupial found in the rainforests of northern Australia, Indonesia The Southwestern Pygmy Possum ( Cercartetus concinnus) commonly known as the Western Pygmy Possum or the Mundarda, is a small Marsupial The Tasmanian Pygmy Possum ( Cercartetus lepidus) also known as the Little Pygmy Possum, is Australia 's smallest Possum. The Eastern Pygmy Possum ( Cercartetus nanus) is a Diprotodont Marsupial of south-eastern Australia
References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 44-45. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Turner, Vivienne and McKay, G. M. (1989). "27. Burramyidae", in Walton, D. W. and Richardson, B. J. (eds): Fauna of Australia, Volume 1B: Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-06056-5.
- ^ Afp.google.com, Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world': green group
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