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Acrobates pygmaeus(Diprotodontia: Acrobatidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2015 Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) is a gliding possum commonly known as the feather-tailed glider or the narrow-toed feathertail glider. It is the world's smallest mammal capable of gliding flight and is also one of the smallest marsupials. It is distinguished by gliding membranes between fore and hind limbs and by a conspicuous fringe of stiff hair on ...
Nikolaos-Evangelos, Karantanis +2 more
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Osphranter rufus(Diprotodontia: Macropodidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2020 AbstractOsphranter rufus (Desmarest, 1822) is a macropod commonly called the red kangaroo and is the largest extant marsupial. Sexually dimorphic in size and coat color, this large macropod is one of four species in the genus Osphranter. In general, males are larger than females, and are reddish-brown in color, whereas females are bluish-gray. O. rufus
Calli R Freedman +3 more
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Thylogale billardierii (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2018 Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822), the Tasmanian pademelon, is a small macropodid now endemic to Tasmania; the other 5 species are on the Australian mainland or Papua, New Guinea. The body is compact with relatively long forelimbs compared with larger macropodids, short ears, and a tail two-thirds the head and body length that lies on the ground
Randolph W Rose, Robert K Rose
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Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogs:The predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology [PDF]
, 2016 Thylacoleo carnifex, or the “pouched lion” (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae), was a carnivorous marsupial that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene.
Figueiridio, Borja +2 more
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Cercartetus concinnus (Diprotodontia: Burramyidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2009 Abstract Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845) is a burramyid commonly called the western pygmy-possum. It is 1 of 4 species in the genus Cercartetus, which together with Burramys parvus form the marsupial family Burramyidae. C. concinnus is endemic to southern mainland Australia.
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Petauroides volans (Diprotodontia: Pseudocheiridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2010 Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792) is a pseudocherid marsupial with the common name greater glider. It is the largest and most conspicuous of the gliding possums and is 1 of the most numerous arboreal marsupials in the eucalypt forests of eastern Australia. Its gliding membranes are large and its thick, shaggy coat obscures the basic body form, making the
Harris, Jamie, Maloney, K Shane
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EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GENERA OF PHALANGERIDAE (METATHERIA: DIPROTODONTIA) INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2005 We sequenced the 12S rRNA gene of 2 elusive and morphologically plesiomorphic species of phalanger: the small Sulawesi cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis—Gray, 1858) and the Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus— Temminck, 1824). The sequences were integrated with previously existing data on the same gene in other species of phalangerids, as well as ...
Luis A. Ruedas, Juan Carlos Morales
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Expansion of CORE-SINEs in the genome of the Tasmanian devil [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The genome of the carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii, Order: Dasyuromorphia), was sequenced in the hopes of finding a cure for or gaining a better understanding of the contagious devil facial tumor disease that ...
Hallström, Björn M. +4 more
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Intergeneric Relationships Among Macropodoidea (Metatheria: Diprotodontia) and The Chronicle of Kangaroo Evolution [PDF]
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2000 The superfamily of kangaroos (Macropodoidea) is comprised of the subfamilies Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontinae, Paleopotoroinae, Potoroinae, Bulungamayinae, Balbarinae, Macropodinae, and Sthenurinae. Of these, Hypsiprymnodontinae, Potoroinae, and Macropodinae are extant. Competing phylogenetic hypotheses unite potoroines with either hypsiprymnodontines
Angela Burk, Mark S. Springer
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Home Range of the Australian Squirrel Glider, Petaurus norfolcensis (Diprotodontia) [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2007 Knowledge of the home range of threatened species is basic to their management and conservation. We describe the home range of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis), a threatened marsupial, in the central part of its geographic range in eastern Australia.
Sharpe, David, Goldingay, Ross L
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