Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Acrobates pygmaeus

Description

Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793). Zool. New Holland, 1: 5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.

DISTRIBUTION: E. Queensland to S.E. South Australia, inland to Deniliquin, New South Wales.

COMMENT: Tate, 1938, Novit. Zool., 41:60, believed the single specimen (of A. pulchellus which is considered a synonym of pygmaeus) obtained in N. W. New Guinea was probably an introduction as a pet (ACZ).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402008001001001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Marsupialia, pp. 18-51 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353009

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Shaw
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Marsupialia
Family
Burramyidae
Genus
Acrobates
Species
pygmaeus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982