BURRAMYIDAE, Broom, 1898

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Burramyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 436-455 : 436

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6587835
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6587818
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFB75A-FFC9-6356-FE48-7184300645E9
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	BURRAMYIDAE
status

Treatment

Family BURRAMYIDAE View in CoL

(PYGMY POSSUMS)

• Smallsized terrestrial and arboreal marsupials, with forward-facing eyes, pointed heads, large oval-shaped ears, and well-developed papillae on tongue forming brush-like texture to collect pollen.

• • 10-25 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Montane and lowland, rainforests to sclerophyll forests and woodlands.

• 9 genera, b species, 7 taxa.

• | species Critically Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.