Feather-tailed possum
| Feather-tailed possum[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Acrobatidae |
| Genus: | Distoechurus Peters, 1874 |
| Species: | D. pennatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Distoechurus pennatus (Peters, 1874) | |
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| Feather-tailed possum range | |
The feather-tailed possum (Distoechurus pennatus) is a species of marsupial in the family Acrobatidae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus.[1]
References
- 1 2 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. 56. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Aplin, K.; et al. (2008). "Distoechurus pennatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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