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--> SUPERFAMILY Phalangeroidea
--> FAMILY Burramyidae
--> GENUS Cercartetus
SPECIES Cercartetus caudatus
Author: | Milne-Edwards, 1877. | Citation: | C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 85: 1079. | Common Name: | Long-tailed Pygmy Possum | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Vogelkop, Manokwari Div., Arfak Mtns. | Distribution: | Interior New Guinea, above 1500 m; Fergusson Isl (Papua New Guinea); NE Queensland (Australia). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as C. c. macrurus, Lower Risk (lc) as C. c. caudatus. Common. | Comments: | Includes macrura (see Ride, 1970:224). Formerly included in Eudromicia; see comment under genus. |
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