The genus ''Cercartetus'' is a group of very small possums known as
pygmy possums. Four species comprise this genus, which together with the genus ''
Burramys'' make up the marsupial family
Burramyidae.
It has occasionally been presumed that ''Cercaërtus'' was a misspelling or synonym of ''Cercartetus''. However, the name ''Cercaërtus'' is a junior synonym of ''
Trichosurus'' and not of ''Cercartetus''.
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Institute of Science (LIPI) reported on the possible discovery of a new species of ''Cercartetus'' pygmy possum upon visit to the
Foja Mountains in June 2007.
Species
*Genus ''Cercartetus''
**
Long-tailed pygmy possum, ''Cercartetus caudatus''
**
Southwestern pygmy possum, ''Cercartetus concinnus''
**
Tasmanian pygmy possum, ''Cercartetus lepidus''
**
Eastern pygmy possum, ''Cercartetus nanus''
References
Possums
Marsupials of Australia
Marsupial genera
Extant Pleistocene first appearances
Taxa named by C. L. Gloger
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