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Western Pygmy Possum

Educational resources on Western Pygmy Possum

Western Pygmy Possum or Cercartetus concinnus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Western Pygmy Possum

Academic web links for the Western Pygmy Possum.


ADW: Cercartetus concinnus: Information
They have also been found to prey on small lizards (Smith 1995). ("Western Pygmy-possum", 2001; Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), 2005; Pestell, 2006; Smith, 1999)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cercartetus_concinnus.html

ADW: Diprotodontia: Specimens
...western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus : western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: grizzled tree kangaroo
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Diprotodontia.html

ADW: Smithsonian Skulls
...western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus : western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: Kalubu echymipera
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/smithsonian

ADW: Phalangeriformes: Specimens
...feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus: feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus : western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Phalangeriformes.html

ADW: Cercartetus concinnus: Specimens
...western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Cercartetus_concinnus.html

ADW: Burramyidae: Specimens
...western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Burramyidae.html

ADW: Phalangeroidea: Specimens
...western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus: western pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus : Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Phalangeroidea.html

Mammalian Species Accounts
Mammalian Species is published regularly by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-30 accounts issued each year, each summarizing the current understanding of the biology of
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

Eric R. Pianka's Publications
New localities for the western pygmy possum, Cercartetus concinnus. Western Australian Naturalist 22: 205-207. Haydon, D. T. and E. R. Pianka. 1999.
uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/pubs.html

Virginia Hayssen
...lepidus, 842, Little Pygmy-possum nanus, 815, Eastern Pygmy-possum
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msigenus.html







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