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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER PHALANGERIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Petauroidea
--> FAMILY Acrobatidae
--> GENUS Acrobates
SPECIES Acrobates pygmaeus
| Author: | Shaw, 1793. | | Citation: | Zool. New Holland, 1: 5. | | Common Name: | Feather-tailed Glider | | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. | | Distribution: | Australia: E Queensland to SE South Australia, inland to Deniliquin (New South Wales). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | | Comments: | Tate (1938:60) believed the single specimen (of A. pulchellus; which is considered a synonym of pygmaeus) obtained in NW New Guinea was probably an introduction as a pet. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
frontalis De Vis, 1887
pulchellus W. Rothschild, 1892
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