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• Du Plessis, J. & Du Plessis, A. 1995. Observations on honey possums. Western Australian Naturalist 20: 49-50
• 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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• 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
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• 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
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