Feather-tailed Possum

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Feather-tailed Possum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Acrobatidae
Genus: Distoechurus
Peters, 1874
Species: D. pennatus
Binomial name
Distoechurus pennatus
(Peters, 1874)

The Feather-tailed Possum (Distoechurus pennatus) is a species of marsupial in the Acrobatidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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, 56. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Distoechurus pennatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.