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Mountain Pygmy Possum
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Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus)
Scientific Name: Burramys parvus
Common Name (s): Mountain Pygmy Possum, Burramys
Brief description of the organism:
o The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus, Broom 1895) is the largest of five species of pygmy-possum in Australia; its other common name is Burramys.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Diprotodontia
Family
Burramyidae
Genus
Burramys
Size
Head-body length: 11 cm
Weight
45 g
o It is the only Australian mammal restricted to the alpine-subalpine zone above 1400 m; it is restricted to Mountain Plum Pine (Podocarpus lawrencei) heathland growing over rock screes.
o Burramys is a small omnivore weighing about 45 g; the Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa) is its main food in Victoria.
o It is the longest-lived small terrestrial mammal known. One litter of two, three or four young is born annually in October or November; the young are independent by January. During the non-breeding season, males live outside the female habitat. Burramys hibernates from May to September.
Fossils including location(s) and material (s)
- In 1895
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