Back الابوسوم الاقزام الشرقى ARZ Ekibol (Cercartetus nanus) AVK سرکارتتوس نانوس AZB Дебелоопашат посум Bulgarian Posom korr ar reter Breton Pòssum pigmeu oriental Catalan Cercartetus nanus CEB Vakoplch drobný Czech Dickschwanz-Schlafbeutler German Cercartetus nanus Spanish
| Eastern pygmy possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Burramyidae |
| Genus: | Cercartetus |
| Species: | C. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818)
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| Eastern pygmy possum range | |
The eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) is a diprotodont marsupial of south-eastern Australia. Occurring from southern Queensland to eastern South Australia and also Tasmania,[1] it is found in a range of habitats, including rainforest, sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath.
- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Dickman, C.; Lunney, D.; Menkhorst, P. (2016). "Cercartetus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40578A21963504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40578A21963504.en.