ACROBATIDAE, Aplin, 1987
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Family ACROBATIDAE View in CoL
(FEATHER-TAILED GLIDERS AND FEATHER-TAILED POSSUM)
Very small marsupials, with distinctive lateral fringes of hairs on tails, drab in color and no patterning on bodies but variably decorated on their necks; large and fleshy rhinaria.
• 10-25 cm. View Figure
• Australasian Region. View Figure
Forest, woodland, and coastal heath communities.
2 genera, 3 species, 3 taxa.
No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
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