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Burramys

Educational resources on Burramys

Burramys [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Burramys

Academic web links for the Burramys.


ADW: Burramys parvus: Information
The mountain pygmy possum, Burramys parvus, lives in the alps of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. More specifically, it is found atop the Mount Bogong, Mount Loch and
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Burramys_parvus.html

ADW: Burramys_parvus.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/Grzimek_mammals/Burramyidae/Burramys_parvus...

A method for validating stochastic models of population viability: a ...
Burramys parvus The standard deviates test was illustrated using a population model of Burramys parvus , a small (adult body weight of 40-45 g) terrestrial possum inhabiting alpine
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~mccarthy/burramys.pdf

Journal of Animal Ecology (in press)
A method for validating stochastic models of population viability: a case study of the mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus ). Michael A. McCarthy & Linda S. Broome
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~mccarthy/bpjae.html

The Johns Hopkins University Press | Books | Walker's Mammals of the ...
Walker's Mammals of the World. The online edition of Walker's Mammals of the World is no longer available. The print edition may still be purchased through the Johns Hopkins
www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/marsupialia.burramyidae.burramys.html

Expected minimum population size as a measure of threat
In the case of the Burramys parvus simulations, the expected minimum population size remained less than 50% of the initial population size, even when the chance of remaining above 5
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~mccarthy/EMP2.pdf

ADW: Metatheria: Pictures
Burramys parvus : silky shrew opossum Caenolestes fuliginosus: bare-tailed woolly opossum Caluromys philander: Tasmanian pygmy possum Cercartetus lepidus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Metatheria.html

ADW: Diprotodontia: Pictures
Burramys parvus: Tasmanian pygmy possum Cercartetus lepidus: eastern pygmy possum Cercartetus nanus : striped possum Dactylopsila trivirgata: striped possum
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Diprotodontia.html

Wildlife Movement and Populations
Roads may have decreased survival rates and disrupted social organization for mountain pygmy possums, Burramys parvus , by prohibiting the dispersals of males after the mating season
www.umass.edu/nrec/pdf_files/tws_overview_ms.pdf

ADW: Burramyidae: Information
Burramys parvus, which lives at high elevations, is the only marsupial known to undergo extensive periods of hibernation. Literature and references cited
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Burramyidae.html







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