Pygmy Possum - Classification

Classification

The two genera of pygmy possums are Burramys and Cercartetus. Burramys contains only one extant species, the mountain pygmy possum, B. parvus. As currently understood, Cercartetus consists of four extant species.

• Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
  • Genus Burramys
    • Mountain pygmy possum, B. parvus
    • †Burramys wakefieldi
    • †Burramys tridactylus
    • †Burramys brutyi
  • Genus Cercartetus
    • Long-tailed pygmy possum, C. caudatus
    • Western pygmy possum, C. concinnus
    • Tasmanian pygmy possum, C. lepidus
    • Eastern pygmy possum, C. nanus

† = extinct species