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The Tasmanian Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus lepidus), also known as the Little Pygmy Possum, is Australia's smallest possum. It is found in Tasmania, in the Murray-Darling basin in South Australia and Victoria and on Kangaroo Island. The Tasmanian Pygmy Possum is an arboreal species with a prehensile tail, that occurs in sclerophyll forests.
The body of the Tasmanian Pygmy Possum is on average 64 mm in length, with a 71 mm long tail, and weighs on average 7 g. The Tasmanian Pygmy Possum is insectivirous.
Tasmanian Pygmy Possum
| | Name | Tasmanian Pygmy Possum | | Status | LR/lc | | Regnum | Animalia | | Phylum | Chordate | | Classis | Mammalia | | Infraclassis | Marsupialia | | Ordo | Diprotodontia | | Familia | Burramyidae | | Genus | Cercartetus | | Species | C. lepidus | | Binomial | Cercartetus lepidus | | Binomial Authority | Oldfield Thomas |
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