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Pygmy possum
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<h2 id="classification">Classification</h2> <p>The two genera of pygmy possums are <i><a href="/facts/Burramys/D3tYxmMH">Burramys</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Cercartetus/tVCcElc9">Cercartetus</a></i>. <i>Burramys</i> contains only one extant species, the <a href="/facts/Mountain_pygmy_possum/T0nyVoML">mountain pygmy possum</a>, <i>B. parvus</i>. As currently understood, <i>Cercartetus</i> consists of four extant species. </p> <ul><li>Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Burramys/D3tYxmMH">Burramys</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mountain_pygmy_possum/T0nyVoML">Mountain pygmy possum</a>, <i>B. parvus</i></li> <li>†<i>Burramys wakefieldi</i></li> <li>†<i>Burramys triradiatus</i></li> <li>†<i>Burramys brutyi</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Cercartetus/tVCcElc9">Cercartetus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Long-tailed_pygmy_possum/sFEY9fPk">Long-tailed pygmy possum</a>, <i>C. caudatus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Western_pygmy_possum/BGvpSpDD">Western pygmy possum</a>, <i>C. concinnus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tasmanian_pygmy_possum/VIjxgSzT">Tasmanian pygmy possum</a>, <i>C. lepidus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eastern_pygmy_possum/17Qnfn9B">Eastern pygmy possum</a>, <i>C. nanus</i></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>† = extinct species </p> <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Burramyidae</i>. <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/metatheria/notometatheria/diprotodontia/phalangeriformes.html">Mikko's Phylogeny Archive</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Turner, Vivienne & McKay, G. M. (1989). "27. Burramyidae". In Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B. J. (eds.). Fauna of Australia, Volume 1B: Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-06056-5. <a href="0-644-06056-5" target="_blank">0-644-06056-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Afp.google.com, Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world': green group". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-12-17. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070609092458/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIZKPUU8Exc9IE9l5e9dMc70BxHw" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070609092458/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIZKPUU8Exc9IE9l5e9dMc70BxHw</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>