Feather-tailed Possum

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Feather-tailed Possum[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Acrobatidae
Genus: Distoechurus
Peters, 1874
Species: D. pennatus
Binomial name
Distoechurus pennatus
(Peters, 1874)

The Feather-tailed Possum (Distoechurus pennatus) is a species of marsupial in the Acrobatidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 56. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b 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. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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