Cercartetus caudatus

Cercartetus caudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Phalangeroidea

Familia: Burramyidae
Genus: Cercartetus
Species: Cercartetus caudatus
Subspecies (2): C. c. caudatus – C. c. macrura

Name

Cercartetus caudatus (Milne-Edwards, 1877)

• Holotype: MNHN 1877-1484b, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Laglaize in April 1877.
• Type locality: “les monts Arfak [=Arfak Mtns]”, Manokwari Division, Vogelkop Pensinula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Dromicia caudata Milne-Edwards, 1877: 1079 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, A. 1877. Note sur quelques Mammifères nouveaux provenant de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 85: 1079–1081. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Salas, L., Burnett, S. & Winter, J. 2016. IUCN: Cercartetus caudatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4192A21963339. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4192A21963339.en. Accessed on 17 March 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Long-tailed Pygmy Possum