Burramys
Burramys[1] Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Burramyidae |
Genus: | Burramys Broom, 1896 |
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Burramys is a genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one living and 3 extinct (fossil) species. It is one of two genera of pygmy possum, the other being Cercartetus.
Taxonomy[]
- Genus Burramys
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- Burramys parvus
References[]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
Categories:
- Possums
- Marsupial genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Taxa named by Robert Broom
- Diprotodont stubs