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href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">Mammalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Infraclass: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">Marsupialia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diprotodontia" title="Diprotodontia">Diprotodontia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pygmy_possum" title="Pygmy possum">Burramyidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cercartetus" title="Cercartetus"><i>Cercartetus</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>C. lepidus</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Cercartetus lepidus</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Oldfield_Thomas" title="Oldfield Thomas">Thomas</a>, 1888)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png/220px-Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png/330px-Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png/440px-Tasmanian_Pygmy_Possum_area.png 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="612" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Tasmanian pygmy possum range </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>Tasmanian pygmy possum</b> (<i><b>Cercartetus lepidus</b></i>), also known as the <b>little pygmy possum</b> or <b> tiny pygmy possum</b>, is the world's smallest <a href="/wiki/Phalangeriformes" title="Phalangeriformes">possum</a>. It was first described by <a href="/wiki/Oldfield_Thomas" title="Oldfield Thomas">Oldfield Thomas</a> in 1888, after he identified that a museum specimen labelled as an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_pygmy_possum" title="Eastern pygmy possum">eastern pygmy possum</a> in fact represented a species then unknown to science. The <a href="/wiki/Holotype" title="Holotype">holotype</a> resides in the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasmanian_pygmy_possum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although it is a marsupial, the Tasmanian pygmy possum superficially resembles a <a href="/wiki/Dormouse" title="Dormouse">dormouse</a>, and it is the smallest of all the known species of <a href="/wiki/Phalangeriformes" title="Phalangeriformes">possum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adults range from 6.6 to 7.5 centimetres (2.6 to 3.0 in) in head-body length, with a 6 to 7.2 centimetres (2.4 to 2.8 in) tail, and weigh just 7 to 10 grams (0.25 to 0.35 oz).<sup id="cite_ref-Ward1992_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward1992-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their fur is soft and thick, and is fawn in colour over most of the body, fading to a pale grey on the underparts.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The snout is short with long <a href="/wiki/Whisker" class="mw-redirect" title="Whisker">whiskers</a>, and the eyes are directed forwards and surrounded by slightly darker fur, although without the conspicuous black rings seen on other <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_possum" title="Pygmy possum">pygmy possums</a>. The ears are mobile and largely hairless. The tail is <a href="/wiki/Prehensile_tail" title="Prehensile tail">prehensile</a>, and thickly furred at the base, which may be widened by fat stores beneath the skin. The remainder of the tail is relatively narrow and cylindrical, with only sparse hair between numerous tiny <a href="/wiki/Scale_(anatomy)#Mammalian_scales" class="mw-redirect" title="Scale (anatomy)">scales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasmanian_pygmy_possum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Distribution and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tasmanian pygmy possum is found throughout <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>, but was at one time thought to be extinct elsewhere. In 1964, a living animal was discovered on <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_Island" title="Kangaroo Island">Kangaroo Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>, and further populations have since been discovered in the <a href="/wiki/Murray-Darling" class="mw-redirect" title="Murray-Darling">Murray-Darling</a> basin in <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no formally recognised subspecies, although it has been proposed, based on genetic information, that the mainland and Tasmanian populations may be subspecies, or even entirely separate species.<sup id="cite_ref-Osborne2002_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Osborne2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They inhabit <a href="/wiki/Sclerophyll" title="Sclerophyll">sclerophyll</a> forest, <a href="/wiki/Mallee_(habit)" title="Mallee (habit)">mallee</a>, and open <a href="/wiki/Heathland" class="mw-redirect" title="Heathland">heathland</a> vegetation.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The oldest fossils for this species date from the late <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>, and were found on the mainland, with the oldest known Tasmanian fossils being much younger. Fossils have been found as far afield as eastern Victoria and <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, suggesting that the species was once much more widespread than it is today.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It had been feared that the Kangaroo Island population may have been wiped out by the <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_bushfires" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Australian bushfires">2019 bushfires</a> that burnt almost half the island. But in late 2020, conservation group Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife recorded live pygmy possums in a fauna survey of unburnt forest.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behaviour">Behaviour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasmanian_pygmy_possum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Behaviour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tasmanian pygmy possum is nocturnal and <a href="/wiki/Arboreal" class="mw-redirect" title="Arboreal">arboreal</a>. It lives primarily in shrubland or forest undergrowth, and, although a good climber, rarely ventures into the higher branches of trees, presumably because this would make it more vulnerable to avian predators. Pygmy possums use strips of bark to construct dome-like nests in tree cavities or rotten wood, but are solitary animals that do not share their nests with other individuals except for their own young.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biology">Biology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasmanian_pygmy_possum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Biology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tasmanian pygmy possums are omnivorous, feeding on insects, spiders, small lizards, <a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">nectar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pollen" title="Pollen">pollen</a>, the latter two primarily coming from <i><a href="/wiki/Banksia" title="Banksia">Banksia</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Eucalypt" title="Eucalypt">eucalypts</a>. Their preference for eating pollen without destroying the host flower may mean that they help to <a href="/wiki/Pollination" title="Pollination">pollinate</a> some species of plant. Known predators include <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_devil" title="Tasmanian devil">Tasmanian devils</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quoll" title="Quoll">quolls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kookaburra" title="Kookaburra">kookaburra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_masked_owl" title="Australian masked owl">masked owls</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tiger_snake" title="Tiger snake">tiger snakes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During cold weather, especially below about 6 °C (43 °F), Tasmanian pygmy possums have the ability to enter <a href="/wiki/Torpor" title="Torpor">torpor</a>. While in this state, body temperature drops, and oxygen consumption falls to just 1% of normal.<sup id="cite_ref-Geiser1987_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geiser1987-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Breeding occurs throughout the year, although it may be more common in spring and summer. The female has a well-developed <a href="/wiki/Pouch_(marsupial)" title="Pouch (marsupial)">pouch</a> containing four <a href="/wiki/Teat" title="Teat">teats</a>, which therefore limits the maximum size of a litter to this number. The young leave the pouch at around 42 days, although they may cling to the mother's fur and be carried about after this age. They leave the nest to fend for themselves at around 90 days of age.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris2009_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasmanian_pygmy_possum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-msw3-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-msw3_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGroves2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Groves" title="Colin Groves">Groves, C. 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phascolarctidae" title="Phascolarctidae">Phascolarctidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phascolarctos" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Phascolarctos" title="Phascolarctos">Phascolarctos</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koala" title="Koala">Koala (<i>P. cinereus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wombat" title="Wombat">Vombatidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(wombats)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Common_wombat" title="Common wombat">Vombatus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_wombat" title="Common wombat">Common wombat (<i>V. ursinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Lasiorhinus" title="Lasiorhinus">Lasiorhinus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_hairy-nosed_wombat" title="Southern hairy-nosed wombat">Southern hairy-nosed wombat (<i>L. latifrons</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_hairy-nosed_wombat" title="Northern hairy-nosed wombat">Northern hairy-nosed wombat (<i>L. krefftii</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suborder_Phalangeriformes_(possums)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Suborder <a href="/wiki/Phalangeriformes" title="Phalangeriformes">Phalangeriformes <small>(possums)</small></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phalangeridae" title="Phalangeridae">Phalangeridae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(including <a href="/wiki/Cuscus" title="Cuscus">cuscuses</a>)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Bear_cuscus" title="Bear cuscus">Ailurops</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(bear cuscuses)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Talaud_bear_cuscus" title="Talaud bear cuscus">Talaud bear cuscus (<i>A. melanotis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulawesi_bear_cuscus" title="Sulawesi bear cuscus">Sulawesi bear cuscus (<i>A. ursinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Phalanger" title="Phalanger">Phalanger</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gebe_cuscus" title="Gebe cuscus">Gebe cuscus (<i>P. alexandrae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_cuscus" title="Mountain cuscus">Mountain cuscus (<i>P. carmelitae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_cuscus" title="Ground cuscus">Ground cuscus (<i>P. gymnotis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_common_cuscus" title="Eastern common cuscus">Eastern common cuscus (<i>P. intercastellanus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark_cuscus" title="Woodlark cuscus">Woodlark cuscus (<i>P. lullulae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-eyed_cuscus" title="Blue-eyed cuscus">Blue-eyed cuscus (<i>P. matabiru</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefomin_cuscus" title="Telefomin cuscus">Telefomin cuscus (<i>P. matanim</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_common_cuscus" title="Southern common cuscus">Southern common cuscus (<i>P. mimicus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_common_cuscus" title="Northern common cuscus">Northern common cuscus (<i>P. orientalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ornate_cuscus" title="Ornate cuscus">Ornate cuscus (<i>P. ornatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothschild%27s_cuscus" title="Rothschild's cuscus">Rothschild's cuscus (<i>P. rothschildi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silky_cuscus" title="Silky cuscus">Silky cuscus (<i>P. sericeus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stein%27s_cuscus" title="Stein's cuscus">Stein's cuscus (<i>P. vestitus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Spilocuscus" title="Spilocuscus">Spilocuscus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Island_cuscus" title="Admiralty Island cuscus">Admiralty Island cuscus (<i>S. kraemeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_spotted_cuscus" title="Common spotted cuscus">Common spotted cuscus (<i>S. maculatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waigeou_cuscus" title="Waigeou cuscus">Waigeou cuscus (<i>S. papuensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-spotted_cuscus" title="Black-spotted cuscus">Black-spotted cuscus (<i>S. rufoniger</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-eyed_spotted_cuscus" title="Blue-eyed spotted cuscus">Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (<i>S. wilsoni</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Strigocuscus" title="Strigocuscus">Strigocuscus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sulawesi_dwarf_cuscus" title="Sulawesi dwarf cuscus">Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (<i>S. celebensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banggai_cuscus" title="Banggai cuscus">Banggai cuscus (<i>S. pelegensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Brushtail_possum" title="Brushtail possum">Trichosurus</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(brushtail possums)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_brushtail_possum" title="Northern brushtail possum">Northern brushtail possum (<i>T. arnhemensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short-eared_possum" title="Short-eared possum">Short-eared possum (<i>T. caninus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_brushtail_possum" title="Mountain brushtail possum">Mountain brushtail possum (<i>T. cunninghami</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppery_brushtail_possum" title="Coppery brushtail possum">Coppery brushtail possum (<i>T. johnstonii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_brushtail_possum" title="Common brushtail possum">Common brushtail possum (<i>T. vulpecula</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Scaly-tailed_possum" title="Scaly-tailed possum">Wyulda</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scaly-tailed_possum" title="Scaly-tailed possum">Scaly-tailed possum (<i>W. squamicaudata</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pygmy_possum" title="Pygmy possum">Burramyidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(pygmy possums)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Burramys" title="Burramys">Burramys</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_pygmy_possum" title="Mountain pygmy possum">Mountain pygmy possum (<i>B. parvus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Cercartetus" title="Cercartetus">Cercartetus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long-tailed_pygmy_possum" title="Long-tailed pygmy possum">Long-tailed pygmy possum (<i>C. caudatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_pygmy_possum" title="Western pygmy possum">Western pygmy possum (<i>C. concinnus</i>)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tasmanian pygmy possum (<i>C. lepidus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_pygmy_possum" title="Eastern pygmy possum">Eastern pygmy possum (<i>C. nanus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Honey_possum" title="Honey possum">Tarsipedidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Tarsipes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Honey_possum" title="Honey possum">Tarsipes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honey_possum" title="Honey possum">Honey possum (<i>T. rostratus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Petauridae" title="Petauridae">Petauridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dactylopsila" title="Dactylopsila">Dactylopsila</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great-tailed_triok" title="Great-tailed triok">Great-tailed triok (<i>D. megalura</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long-fingered_triok" title="Long-fingered triok">Long-fingered triok (<i>D. palpator</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate%27s_triok" title="Tate's triok">Tate's triok (<i>D. tatei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striped_possum" title="Striped possum">Striped possum (<i>D. trivirgata</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Leadbeater%27s_possum" title="Leadbeater's possum">Gymnobelideus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leadbeater%27s_possum" title="Leadbeater's possum">Leadbeater's possum (<i>G. leadbeateri</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Petaurus" title="Petaurus">Petaurus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_glider" title="Northern glider">Northern glider (<i>P. abidi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow-bellied_glider" title="Yellow-bellied glider">Yellow-bellied glider (<i>P. australis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biak_glider" title="Biak glider">Biak glider (<i>P. biacensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_glider" title="Sugar glider">Sugar glider (<i>P. breviceps</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahogany_glider" title="Mahogany glider">Mahogany glider (<i>P. gracilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squirrel_glider" title="Squirrel glider">Squirrel glider (<i>P. norfolcensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pseudocheiridae" title="Pseudocheiridae">Pseudocheiridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Lemur-like_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-like ringtail possum">Hemibelideus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lemur-like_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-like ringtail possum">Lemur-like ringtail possum (<i>H. lemuroides</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Greater_glider" title="Greater glider">Petauroides</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(greater gliders)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_greater_glider" title="Central greater glider">Central greater glider (<i>P. armillatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_greater_glider" title="Northern greater glider">Northern greater glider (<i>P. minor</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_greater_glider" title="Southern greater glider">Southern greater glider (<i>P. volans</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rock-haunting_ringtail_possum" title="Rock-haunting ringtail possum">Petropseudes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock-haunting_ringtail_possum" title="Rock-haunting ringtail possum">Rock-haunting ringtail possum (<i>P. dahli</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum" title="Common ringtail possum">Pseudocheirus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum" title="Common ringtail possum">Common ringtail possum (<i>P. peregrinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudochirulus" title="Pseudochirulus">Pseudochirulus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowland_ringtail_possum" title="Lowland ringtail possum">Lowland ringtail possum (<i>P. canescens</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weyland_ringtail_possum" title="Weyland ringtail possum">Weyland ringtail possum (<i>P. caroli</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinereus_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinereus ringtail possum">Cinereus ringtail possum (<i>P. cinereus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painted_ringtail_possum" title="Painted ringtail possum">Painted ringtail possum (<i>P. forbesi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_River_ringtail_possum" title="Herbert River ringtail possum">Herbert River ringtail possum (<i>P. herbertensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masked_ringtail_possum" title="Masked ringtail possum">Masked ringtail possum (<i>P. larvatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pygmy_ringtail_possum" title="Pygmy ringtail possum">Pygmy ringtail possum (<i>P. mayeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vogelkop_ringtail_possum" title="Vogelkop ringtail possum">Vogelkop ringtail possum (<i>P. schlegeli</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudochirops" title="Pseudochirops">Pseudochirops</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Albertis%27s_ringtail_possum" title="D'Albertis's ringtail possum">D'Albertis's ringtail possum (<i>P. albertisii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_ringtail_possum" title="Green ringtail possum">Green ringtail possum (<i>P. archeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plush-coated_ringtail_possum" title="Plush-coated ringtail possum">Plush-coated ringtail possum (<i>P. corinnae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reclusive_ringtail_possum" title="Reclusive ringtail possum">Reclusive ringtail possum (<i>P. coronatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppery_ringtail_possum" title="Coppery ringtail possum">Coppery ringtail possum (<i>P. cupreus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Acrobatidae" title="Acrobatidae">Acrobatidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Feathertail_glider" title="Feathertail glider">Acrobates</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feathertail_glider" title="Feathertail glider">Feathertail glider (<i>A. pygmaeus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Feather-tailed_possum" title="Feather-tailed possum">Distoechurus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feather-tailed_possum" title="Feather-tailed possum">Feather-tailed possum (<i>D. pennatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suborder_Macropodiformes" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Suborder <a href="/wiki/Macropodiformes" title="Macropodiformes">Macropodiformes</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/Macropodidae" title="Macropodidae">Macropodidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(includes <a href="/wiki/Wallaby" title="Wallaby">wallabies</a>)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Banded_hare-wallaby" title="Banded hare-wallaby">Lagostrophus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banded_hare-wallaby" title="Banded hare-wallaby">Banded hare-wallaby (<i>L. fasciatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Tree-kangaroo" title="Tree-kangaroo">Dendrolagus</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(tree-kangaroos)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bennett%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Bennett's tree-kangaroo">Bennett's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. bennettianus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doria%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Doria's tree-kangaroo">Doria's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. dorianus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodfellow%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo">Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. goodfellowi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grizzled_tree-kangaroo" title="Grizzled tree-kangaroo">Grizzled tree-kangaroo (<i>D. inustus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumholtz%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo">Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. lumholtzi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matschie%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Matschie's tree-kangaroo">Matschie's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. matschiei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingiso" title="Dingiso">Dingiso (<i>D. mbaiso</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dendrolagus_notatus" title="Dendrolagus notatus">Ifola (<i>D. notatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden-mantled_tree-kangaroo" title="Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo">Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (<i>D. pulcherrimus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowlands_tree-kangaroo" title="Lowlands tree-kangaroo">Lowlands tree-kangaroo (<i>D. spadix</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkile" title="Tenkile">Tenkile (<i>D. scottae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seri%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Seri's tree-kangaroo">Seri's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. stellarum</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursine_tree-kangaroo" title="Ursine tree-kangaroo">Ursine tree-kangaroo (<i>D. ursinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dorcopsis" title="Dorcopsis">Dorcopsis</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_dorcopsis" title="Black dorcopsis">Black dorcopsis (<i>D. atrata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White-striped_dorcopsis" title="White-striped dorcopsis">White-striped dorcopsis (<i>D. hageni</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_dorcopsis" title="Gray dorcopsis">Gray dorcopsis (<i>D. luctuosa</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_dorcopsis" title="Brown dorcopsis">Brown dorcopsis (<i>D. muelleri</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dorcopsulus" title="Dorcopsulus">Dorcopsulus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macleay%27s_dorcopsis" title="Macleay's dorcopsis">Macleay's dorcopsis (<i>D. macleayi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_dorcopsis" title="Small dorcopsis">Small dorcopsis (<i>D. vanheurni</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Lagorchestes" title="Lagorchestes">Lagorchestes</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(hare-wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectacled_hare-wallaby" title="Spectacled hare-wallaby">Spectacled hare-wallaby (<i>L. conspicillatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufous_hare-wallaby" title="Rufous hare-wallaby">Rufous hare-wallaby (<i>L. hirsutus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Macropus" title="Macropus">Macropus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_grey_kangaroo" title="Western grey kangaroo">Western grey kangaroo (<i>M. fuliginosus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_grey_kangaroo" title="Eastern grey kangaroo">Eastern grey kangaroo (<i>M. giganteus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Notamacropus" title="Notamacropus">Notamacropus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agile_wallaby" title="Agile wallaby">Agile wallaby (<i>N. agilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-striped_wallaby" title="Black-striped wallaby">Black-striped wallaby (<i>N. dorsalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammar_wallaby" title="Tammar wallaby">Tammar wallaby (<i>N. eugenii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_brush_wallaby" title="Western brush wallaby">Western brush wallaby (<i>N. irma</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parma_wallaby" title="Parma wallaby">Parma wallaby (<i>N. parma</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiptail_wallaby" title="Whiptail wallaby">Whiptail wallaby (<i>N. parryi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-necked_wallaby" title="Red-necked wallaby">Red-necked wallaby (<i>N. rufogriseus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Nail-tail_wallaby" title="Nail-tail wallaby">Onychogalea</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(nail-tail wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridled_nail-tail_wallaby" title="Bridled nail-tail wallaby">Bridled nail-tail wallaby (<i>O. fraenata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_nail-tail_wallaby" title="Northern nail-tail wallaby">Northern nail-tail wallaby (<i>O. unguifera</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Osphranter" title="Osphranter">Osphranter</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antilopine_kangaroo" title="Antilopine kangaroo">Antilopine kangaroo (<i>O. antilopinus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_wallaroo" title="Black wallaroo">Black wallaroo (<i>O. bernardus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_wallaroo" title="Common wallaroo">Common wallaroo (<i>O. robustus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_kangaroo" title="Red kangaroo">Red kangaroo (<i>O. rufus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rock-wallaby" title="Rock-wallaby">Petrogale</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(rock-wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><i>P. brachyotis</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Short-eared_rock-wallaby" title="Short-eared rock-wallaby">Short-eared rock-wallaby (<i>P. brachyotis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monjon" title="Monjon">Monjon (<i>P. burbidgei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabarlek" title="Nabarlek">Nabarlek (<i>P. concinna</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_short-eared_rock-wallaby" title="Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby">Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (<i>P. wilkinsi</i>)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><u><i>P. xanthopus</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Proserpine_rock-wallaby" title="Proserpine rock-wallaby">Proserpine rock-wallaby (<i>P. persephone</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothschild%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Rothschild's rock-wallaby">Rothschild's rock-wallaby (<i>P. rothschildi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow-footed_rock-wallaby" title="Yellow-footed rock-wallaby">Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (<i>P. xanthopus</i>)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><u><i>P. lateralis/penicillata</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Allied_rock-wallaby" title="Allied rock-wallaby">Allied rock-wallaby (<i>P. assimilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_York_rock-wallaby" title="Cape York rock-wallaby">Cape York rock-wallaby (<i>P. coenensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godman%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Godman's rock-wallaby">Godman's rock-wallaby (<i>P. godmani</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Herbert's rock-wallaby">Herbert's rock-wallaby (<i>P. herberti</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unadorned_rock-wallaby" title="Unadorned rock-wallaby">Unadorned rock-wallaby (<i>P. inornata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-flanked_rock-wallaby" title="Black-flanked rock-wallaby">Black-flanked rock-wallaby (<i>P. lateralis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mareeba_rock-wallaby" title="Mareeba rock-wallaby">Mareeba rock-wallaby (<i>P. mareeba</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush-tailed_rock-wallaby" title="Brush-tailed rock-wallaby">Brush-tailed rock-wallaby (<i>P. penicillata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purple-necked_rock-wallaby" title="Purple-necked rock-wallaby">Purple-necked rock-wallaby (<i>P. purpureicollis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Claro_rock-wallaby" title="Mount Claro rock-wallaby">Mount Claro rock-wallaby (<i>P. sharmani</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Quokka" title="Quokka">Setonix</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quokka" title="Quokka">Quokka (<i>S. brachyurus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pademelon" title="Pademelon">Thylogale</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(pademelons)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_pademelon" title="Tasmanian pademelon">Tasmanian pademelon (<i>T. billardierii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown%27s_pademelon" title="Brown's pademelon">Brown's pademelon (<i>T. browni</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusky_pademelon" title="Dusky pademelon">Dusky pademelon (<i>T. brunii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calaby%27s_pademelon" title="Calaby's pademelon">Calaby's pademelon (<i>T. calabyi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_pademelon" title="Mountain pademelon">Mountain pademelon (<i>T. lanatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-legged_pademelon" title="Red-legged pademelon">Red-legged pademelon (<i>T. stigmatica</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-necked_pademelon" title="Red-necked pademelon">Red-necked pademelon (<i>T. thetis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Swamp_wallaby" title="Swamp wallaby">Wallabia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_wallaby" title="Swamp wallaby">Swamp wallaby (<i>W. bicolor</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/Potoroidae" title="Potoroidae">Potoroidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rufous_rat-kangaroo" title="Rufous rat-kangaroo">Aepyprymnus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rufous_rat-kangaroo" title="Rufous rat-kangaroo">Rufous rat-kangaroo (<i>A. rufescens</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Bettong" title="Bettong">Bettongia</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(bettongs)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_bettong" title="Eastern bettong">Eastern bettong (<i>B. gaimardi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boodie" title="Boodie">Boodie (<i>B. lesueur</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woylie" title="Woylie">Woylie (<i>B. penicillata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_bettong" title="Northern bettong">Northern bettong (<i>B. tropica</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Potoroo" title="Potoroo">Potorous</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(potoroos)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long-footed_potoroo" title="Long-footed potoroo">Long-footed potoroo (<i>P. longipes</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long-nosed_potoroo" title="Long-nosed potoroo">Long-nosed potoroo (<i>P. tridactylus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert%27s_potoroo" title="Gilbert's potoroo">Gilbert's potoroo (<i>P. gilbertii</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/Hypsiprymnodontidae" title="Hypsiprymnodontidae">Hypsiprymnodontidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Hypsiprymnodon" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Musky_rat-kangaroo" title="Musky rat-kangaroo">Hypsiprymnodon</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musky_rat-kangaroo" title="Musky rat-kangaroo">Musky rat-kangaroo (<i>H. moschatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Taxon_identifiers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxon_identifiers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon 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