Subspecies Cercartetus nanus nanus (Desmarest, 1818)
- Phalangista nana Anonymous 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition presqu’entièrement refondue et considérarablement augmentée; avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Vol. 25. [Date published 26 Dec. 1818] [477] [cited by Desmarest as P. nana Geoffroy; as Geoffroy's (1803) manuscript was never published, the name must be dated from Desmarest although several earlier authors e.g. Gray (1841) cited names from the Geoffroy ms].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 160 ♂ juv., Maria Is., TAS. - Phalangista gliriformis Bell, T. 1828. Description of a new species of Phalangista. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 121-127 [121].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1979.2190 ♀ adult skin & skull, TAS (as Australia).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wakefield, N.A. 1963. The Australian pigmy-possums. Victorian Naturalist 80: 99-116 [8 Aug. 1963]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, closed heath, mellivore, open forest, predator, woodland.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |