Burramys

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Burramys[1]
Fossil range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Burramyidae
Genus: Burramys
Broom, 1896
Species
  • Burramys wakefieldi
  • Burramys tridactylus
  • Burramys brutyi
  • Burramys parvus

Burramys is a genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one extant and 3 extinct (fossil) species. It is one of two genera of pygmy possum, the other being Cercartetus.

[edit] Taxonomy

  • Genus Burramys
    • Burramys wakefieldi
    • Burramys tridactylus
    • Burramys brutyi
    • Burramys parvus

† extinct species

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 44. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.