Species Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818)
Eastern Pygmy-possum
Generic Combinations
- Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818).
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Wakefield, N.A. 1963. The Australian pigmy-possums. Victorian Naturalist 80: 99-116 [8 Aug. 1963] [103-104, 115]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, closed heath, mellivore, open forest, predator, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Mainly solitary.
General References
Bladon, R.V., Dickman, C.R. & Hume, I.D. 2002. Effects of habitat fragmentation on the demography, movements and social organisation of the eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) in northern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 29: 105-116
Bowen, M. & Goldingay, R.L. 2000. Distribution and status of the eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 21: 153-164
Braithwaite, L.W., Binns, D.L. & Nowlan, R.D. 1988. The distribution of arboreal marsupials in relation to eucalypt forest types in the Eden (NSW) Woodchip Concession Area. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 363-373
Carthew, S.M. 1994. Foraging behaviour of marsupial pollinators in a population of Banksia spinulosa. Oikos 69: 133-139
Dickman, C.R. & Happold, D.C.D. 1988. The eastern pygmy-possum, Cercartetus nanus in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Mammalogy 11: 77-79
Geiser, F. 1993. Hibernation in the eastern pygmy possum, Cercartetus nanus (Marsupialia : Burramyidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 67-75
Goldingay, R.L., Carthew, S.M. & Whelan, R.J. 1991. The importance of non-flying mammals in pollination. Oikos 61: 79-87
Harris, J.M. 2005. Annotated records of the eastern pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus from the Victorian Naturalist 1884-2004. Victorian Naturalist 122: 146-150
Harris, J.M., Gynther, I.C., Eyre, T.J., Goldingay, R.L. & Mathieson 2007. Distribution, habitat and conservation of the Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus in Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 34(2): 209-221
Harris, J.M. & Goldingay, R.L. 2005. Detection of the eastern pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus at Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 27: 85-88
Harris, J.M. & Goldingay, R.L. 2005. Distribution, habitat and conservation of the eastern pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus in Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 27: 185-210
Huang, C., Ward, S. & Lee, A.K. 1987. Comparison of the diets of the feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus, and the eastern pygmy possum, Cercartetus nanus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae) in sympatry. Australian Mammalogy 10: 47-50
Laidlaw, W.S. & Wilson, B.A. 1996. The home range and habitat utilisation of Cercartetus nanus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae) in coastal heathland, Anglesea, Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 19: 63-68
Lindenmayer, D.B. & Cunningham, R.B. 1997. Patterns of co-occurrence among marsupials in the forests of central Victoria, southeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 340-346
McKay, G.M. 1984. Cytogenetic relationships of possums and gliders. pp. 9-16 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
Shelley, D. 1998. Survey of vertebrate fauna and habitats in a cypress pine-ironbark forest in central-west New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 30: 426-436
Turner, V. 1984. Banksia pollen as a source of protein in the diet of two Australian marsupials Cercartetus nanus and Tarsipes rostratus. Oikos 43: 53-61
Turner, V. & Ward, S.J. 1995. Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus. pp. 217-218 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.
van Tets, I.G. 1998. Can flower-feeding marsupials meet their nitrogen requirements on pollen in the field? Australian Mammalogy 20: 383-390
van Tets, I.G. & Whelan, R.J. 1997. Banksia pollen in the diet of Australian mammals. Ecography 20: 499-505
Ward, S.J. 1990. Life history of the eastern pygmy-possum, Cercartetus nanus (Burramyidae: Marsupialia) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 287-304
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Pygmy-possum)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |