Burramys
| Burramys[1] Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Burramyidae |
| Genus: | Broom, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Burramys parvus Broom, 1896 | |
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Burramys is a genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one living and 3 extinct (fossil) species. It is one of two genera of pygmy possum, the other being Cercartetus.
Taxonomy
- Genus Burramys
- †Burramys wakefieldi
- †Burramys triradiatus
- †Burramys brutyi
- Burramys parvus
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.