List of marsupials described in the 2000s
The following is a list of marsupials which have been taxonomically described in the 2000s.

Species of the infraclass Marsupialia of mammals discovered and described in the 2000s.

New species list
Arfak pygmy bandicoot — Microperoryctes aplini (2004).
Mountain brushtail possum — Trichosurus cunninghami  (2002).
Short-eared possum — Trichosurus caninus (2002).
Red-bellied gracile opossum Cryptonanus ignitus (2002).

Taxonomy
In 2002 it was discovered that the originally named mountain brush-tailed possum of Australia actually consists of two separate species. Due to taxonomic rules, the northern population has been renamed with the common name short-eared possum but will keep the scientific name Trichosurus caninus, while the southern population has been named with the common and scientific names mountain brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus cunninghami). This is because the original type specimen of the species was from the northern population, and therefore must keep the original scientific name.

See also

References

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