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Burramys parvus Broom, 1896:564

Mountain pygmy possum, Mountain pygmy-possum, Broom's pygmy-possum, Burramys

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: Holocene

Rediscovered in 1966

IUCN RedList status Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

New South Wales (southern) & Victoria (north-east), Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

AM M19609 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

AM M9942 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

AM M19608 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

AM M10745 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

AM M36985 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C26924 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C26919 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C26923 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C26928 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C26922 (Beck et al., 2022:SM19)

NMV C31512 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C34790 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C28806 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C26930 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C23826 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C31513 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C22675 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C22692 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

NMV C26929 (Beck et al., 2022:SM20)

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Broom, R. (1896). On a small fossil marsupial with large grooved premolars. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 563-567.

 

Other references:

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Beck, Robin M. D., Voss, Robert S. and Jansa, Sharon A. (2022). Craniodental morphology and phylogeny of marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 457: 350 pp., 55 figures, 13 tables. [Supplemental Material]

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Broome, L.S. 1995. Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, pp. 208-210. In: Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney: Reed New Holland. 756 pp.

Broome, L. S. (2001a). Density, home range, seasonal movements and habitat use of the Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae) at Mt Blue Cow, Kosciuszko National Park. Austral Ecology 26: 275-292.

Broome, L. S. (2001b). Intersite differences in population demography of Mountain Pygmy-possums Burramys parvus Broom (1986–1998): implications for metapopulation conservation and ski resorts in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia. Biological Conservation 102: 309-323.

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