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• Collins, B.G., Wooller, R.D. & Richardson, K.C. 1988. Torpor by the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae), in response to food shortage and low environmental temperature. Australian Mammalogy 11: 51-57
• Cummins, J.M., Temple-Smith, P.D. & Renfree, M.B. 1986. Reproduction in the male honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus: Marsupialia): the epididymus. American Journal of Anatomy 177: 385-402
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• Gervais, P. & Verreaux, J. 1842. Nouveau genre de Didelphe. l'Institut, Journal Universel des Sciences et des Sociétés Savantes en France et à l'Étranger. 1ère Section. Sciences mathématiques, physiques et naturelles. No. 427. 75-76 pp. [publication date established from Mahoney, J.A. 1981. The specific name of the honey possum (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae: Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842). Australian Mammalogy 4: 135–138]
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• Kirsch, J.A.W., Lapointe, F-J. & Springer, M.S. 1997. DNA-hybridisation studies of marsupials and their implications for metatherian classification. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 211-280
• Kratzing, J.E. 1982. The anatomy of the rostral nasal cavity and vomeronasal organ in Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 211-219
• 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
• Mahoney, J.A. 1981. The specific name of the honey possum (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae: Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842). Australian Mammalogy 4: 135-138
• Nagy, K., Meienberger, C., Bradshaw, S.D. & Wooller, R.D. 1995. Field metabolic rate of a small marsupial mammal, the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Journal of Mammalogy 76: 862-866
• Oates, J.E., Bradshaw, F.J. & Bradshaw, S.D. 2004. The influence of photoperiod on the reproductive activity of female honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae): assessed by faecal progestagens and oestradiol-17β. General and Comparative Endocrinology 139: 103-112
• Renfree, M.B. 1980. Embryonic diapause in the honey possum Tarsipes spencerae. Search 11: 81
• Renfree, M.B. 1995. Honey Possum Tarsipes rostratus. pp. 258-260 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Renfree, M.B., Russell, E.M. & Wooller, R.D. 1984. Reproduction and life history of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus. pp. 427-437 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
• Richardson, K.C., Wooller, R.D. & Collins, B.G. 1984. The diet of the honey possum Tarsipes rostratus. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia 9: 110-113
• Richardson, K.C., Wooller, R.D. & Collins, B.G. 1986. Adaptations to a diet of nectar and pollen in the marsupial Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae). Journal of Zoology, London A 208: 285-298
• Ride, W.D.L. 1970. A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne : Oxford University Press xiv 249 pp. 62 pls.
• Rosenberg, H.I. & Richardson, K.C. 1995. Cephalic morphology of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia, Tarsipedidae) - an obligate nectarivore. Journal of Morphology 223: 303-323
• Russell, E.M. 1986. Observations on the behaviour of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae) in captivity. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 121: 1-63
• Russell, E.M. & Renfree, M.B. 1989. Tarsipedidae. pp. 769-782 in Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds). Fauna of Australia. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1B 827 pp.
• Slaven, M.R. & Richardson, K.C. 1988. Aspects of the form and function of the kidney of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 465-471
• 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
• Withers, P.C., Richardson, K.C. & Wooller, K.D. 1990. Metabolic physiology of euthermic and torpid honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 685-693
• Wooller, R.D. 1984. Reproduction in Antechinomys laniger ('spenceri' form) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): field and laboratory investigations. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 481-489
• Wooller, R.D., Renfree, M.B., Russell, E.M., Dunning, A., Green, S.W. & Duncan, P. 1981. Seasonal changes in a population of the nectar-feeding marsupial Tarsipes spencerae (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae). Journal of Zoology, London 195: 267-279
• Wooller, R.D., Richardson, K.C. & Collins, B.G. 1993. The relationship between nectar supply and the rate of capture of a nectar-dependent small marsupial Tarsipes rostratus. Journal of Zoology, London 229: 651-658
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