Cercartetus concinnus

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Cercartetus concinnus is a small Australian marsupial known as the southwestern pygmy possum, notable for its tiny size, nocturnal habits, and nectar- and insect-based diet.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cercartetus concinnus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marsupial ⓘ
pygmy possum ⓘ
species ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
bodyLength about 5–9 cm (head-body length) ⓘ
bodyMass about 8–18 g ⓘ
canEnterState torpor ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName south-western pygmy possum ⓘ
southwestern pygmy possum ⓘ
southwestern pygmy possum (Australian) ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
describedBy Oldfield Thomas ⓘ
diet insects ⓘ
nectar ⓘ
pollen ⓘ
endemicTo Australia ⓘ
family Burramyidae ⓘ
furColor paler or whitish below ⓘ
reddish-brown to fawn above ⓘ
geographicDistribution Kangaroo Island ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
southwestern Western Australia ⓘ
western Victoria ⓘ
habitat heathland ⓘ
mallee shrubland ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature large eyes ⓘ
long whiskers ⓘ
pointed snout ⓘ
hasPouch yes ⓘ
hasTailType prehensile tail ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion arboreal ⓘ
scansorial ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
southwestern Australia ⓘ
nocturnalBehavior forages at night for nectar and insects ⓘ
order Diprotodontia ⓘ
parentTaxon Cercartetus ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
pollinationRole pollinator of native plants ⓘ
reproduction gives birth to altricial young ⓘ
tailLength about 7–11 cm ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usesResource banksia flowers ⓘ
eucalypt flowers ⓘ
yearDescribed 1888 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burramyidae → containsSpecies → Cercartetus concinnus ⓘ
Cercartetus → containsTaxon → Cercartetus concinnus ⓘ