Eastern pygmy possum
cercarterus nanus latin

About 50 such sites form the fossil record for the eastern pygmy possum.

The eastern pygmy possum is an active climber.

The eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) also forages among the flowerheads.

Eastern pygmy possums typically breed twice a year, although they may breed a third time if food is plentiful.

Genetic studies indicate its closest relative is probably the eastern pygmy possum, from which its ancestors diverged around eight million years ago.

In Tasmania, the eastern pygmy possum is currently considered not threatened under the Nature Conservation Act 2002.

The eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) is a diprotodont marsupial of south-eastern Australia.

These are visited by the eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus), birds such as honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), and various insects.

Eastern pygmy possums are found along the southeastern Australian coast, from eastern South Australia to southern Queensland, and on Tasmania.

Parasites recorded for the eastern pygmy possum are the fleas Acanthopsylla rothschildi, A. scintilla, Choristopsylla thomasi, and Ch.

Sugar gliders, ring tail possums, and possibly eastern pygmy possums inhabit both Mirang Creek and Minda Gully.

It was first described by Oldfield Thomas in 1888, after he identified that a museum specimen labelled as an eastern pygmy possum in fact represented a species then unknown to science.

The first specimen of an eastern pygmy possum known to Europeans was collected by François Péron, a naturalist aboard Nicolas Baudin's voyage to the south seas.

The eastern pygmy possum is the type species of the genus Cercartetus (family Burramyidae), and was first described as Phalangista nana with the specific name meaning 'dwarf' in Latin.

Eastern pygmy possums are listed as least concern by the IUCN, and both subspecies are listed as lower risk by Australian Commonwealth Government legislation.

It is incorporated into the fossil record because owls and/or quolls that have preyed on eastern pygmy possums (and other small mammals) deposit regurgitated or faecal pellets in caves which then act as excellent preservation sites.