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Cercartetus

(also Cercaërtus), a genus of marsupials of the family Phalangeridae. The body measures 8–10 cm in length, and the tail 8–11 cm; the weight is 15–25 g. The pelage is dense and soft. The color of the back varies from grayish to black with reddish highlights; the abdomen is white. The pouch is well developed. There are two species, which are distributed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. Both species are arboreal and breed twice a year, with four or five young in a litter. The common name is dormouse opossums; the Russian common name (sumchataia sonia) is sometimes also used to refer to the three species of the genus Eudromicia.

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These were Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus, Swamp Antechinus Antechinus minimus maritimus, White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus and Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus.

Surveys of vertebrate fauna of the eumeralla section of the Great Otway National Park, Victoria, 2004-2015. 1. mammals

CERCARTETUS NANUS scientific name of the eastern pygmy possum, a marsupial found in southeastern Australia.

Long pair isograms

Of the small mammal taxa, all but the Eastern Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus nanus) were recorded.

Preliminary zooarchaeological interpretations from Kutikina Cave, south-west Tasmania

The delicate position that fire holds in the ecology of the Australian bush is best illustrated by the relationship between it, banksias and the pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus).

Wildlife in the big smoke: there's more to the Sydney bushfires than saving property and fiscal assets

Three species of arboreal mammals live in the closed forests--the common ring-tailed possum (Pseu-docheirus peregrinus), the common brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), and the dormouse possum (Cercartetus nanus), as well as species of birds like the green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus), an endemic parrot, and the swift parrot (Lathamus discolor).

4 The protected areas and biosphere reserves in the temperate rainforests

Banksia pollen as a source of protein in the diet of two Australian marsupials, Cercartetus nanus and Tarsipes rostratus.

Pollen digestion by new world bats: effects of processing time and feeding habits

Other arboreal species, Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus and Little Pygmy Possum Cercartetus lepidus, are listed as near threatened on the Advisory List but not listed under the FFG.

Surveying for arboreal mammals in the Grampians National Park and adjacent reserves: Fauna Survey Group Contribution No. 28

The genus Cercartetus is a group of very small possums known as pygmy possums.

New pair isograms

As many as 90 to 100% of pollen grains were digested in the guts of the marsupials Cercartetus nanus and Tarsipes rostratus (Turner 1984, Richardson et al.

Pollen digestion by Darwin's finches and its importance for early breeding

The period until the mid-1980s was a fertile one for the recording of additional species for the State, with Heath Mouse Pseudomys shortridgei, Silky Mouse P apodemoides, Paucident Planigale Planigale gilesi, Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus, Southern Ningaui Ningaui yvonnae, Little Pygmy-possum Cercartetus lepidus and other species all being recorded in Victoria for the first time.

Changes in Victoria's mammal fauna since European settlement

Species n % Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis 32 11.1 Dusky Antechinus Antechinus swainsonii 32 11.1 Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta 17 5.9 Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus 27 9.4 Feathertail Glider Acrobates sp.

The diet and roosting sites of sooty owls Tyto tenebricosa from coastal habitats at Cape Conran, Victoria

16 October 2007: One adult male Eastern Pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus (20 g) captured overnight.

Further notes on the welfare of small mammals captured during pitfall trapping