Long-tailed pygmy possum
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The long-tailed pygmy possum (Cercartetus caudatus) is a diprotodont marsupial found in the rainforests of northern Australia and New Guinea. Living at altitudes of above 1,500 m (4,900 ft), it eats insects and nectar, and may eat pollen in place of insects in the wild.
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Long-tailed pygmy possum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Burramyidae |
Genus: | Cercartetus |
Species: | C. caudatus |
Binomial name | |
Cercartetus caudatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1877) | |
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It is known as sumsum in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]