Species Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845)

• Dromicia concinna Gould, J. 1845. [untitled abstract]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 2 [May 1845].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1844.7.9.12 ♂, Swan River, WA.
• Phalangista (Dromicia) neillii Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. 1, containing the order Marsupiata or pouched animals with 22 illustrations engraved on steel, and 18 engravings on wood. London : Baillière. [315].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1860.1.5.27 ♂ adult skull only, King George Sound, WA.
• Cercartetus concinnus minor Wakefield, N.A. 1963. The Australian pigmy-possums. Victorian Naturalist 80: 99-116 [8 Aug. 1963] [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV C7802 ♂ skin & skull, Nurcoung 16 km NW of Natimuk, VIC.

  Secondary source:

   Dixon, J.M. 1970. Catalogue of mammal types (Class Mammalia) in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 31: 105-114.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [105]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Wakefield, N.A. 1963. The Australian pigmy-possums. Victorian Naturalist 80: 99-116 [8 Aug. 1963] [100]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Is., in W plateau, only extreme SW corner.

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Insectivorous, low open woodland.

 

General References

Geiser, F. 1987. Hibernation and daily torpor in two pygmy possums (Cercartetus spp., Marsupialia). Physiological Zoology 60: 93-102

Kemp, L.F. & Carthew, S.M. 2004. Nest site selection by the western pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus. pp. 237-245 in Goldingay, R.L. & Jackson, S.M. (eds). The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Landwehr, G.G., Richardson, K.C. & Wooller, R.D. 1990. Sugar preferences of honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae) and western pygmy possums, Cercatetus concinnus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae). Australian Mammalogy 13: 5-10

Smith, M.J. 1995. Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus. pp. 213-214 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1984. Reproductive physiology of possums and gliders. pp. 79-87 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Wakefield, N.A. 1963. The Australian pigmy-possums. Victorian Naturalist 80: 99-116 [8 Aug. 1963]

Ward, S.J. 1990. Life history of the western pygmy-possum, Cercartetus concinnus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae), with notes on reproduction of some other small possum species. Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 423-438

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Western Pygmy-possum)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	BURRAMYIDAE	22-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)