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Acrobates pygmaeus (feathertail glider)
Taxonomy
Didelphis pygmaea was named by Shaw (1794). It is extant. It is the type species of Acrobates.
It was recombined as Acrobates pygmaeus by Turner and McKay (1989).
It was recombined as Acrobates pygmaeus by Turner and McKay (1989).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1794 | Didelphis pygmaea Shaw |
| 1989 | Acrobates pygmaeus Turner and McKay |
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Acrobates pygmaeus Shaw 1794 [feathertail glider]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Acrobates pygmaeus (96015) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (136076) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (136072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Acrobates pygmaeus (181897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Acrobates pygmaeus (183085) |