Feather-tailed possum
| Feather-tailed possum[1] | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| 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 Acrobatidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 56. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Salas, L. & Flannery, T. (2008). Distoechurus pennatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern