What is Pygmy possum?
{{Taxobox | name = Pygmy possums | image = Cercartetus nanus.jpg | image_caption = ''Cercartetus nanus'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | familia = '''Burramyidae''' | familia_authority = [[Robert Broom|Broom]], 1898 | subdivision_ranks = [[genus|Genera]] | subdivision = ''[[Burramys]]''<br>''[[Cercartetus]]'' }} The '''pygmy possums''' are species of small [[possum]]s that together form the [[marsupial]] family '''Burramyidae'''. They weigh 6 to 8 [[grams]]. There are five living [[species]] of pygmy possum, in two [[genera]]. Four of the species are [[endemic]] to [[Australia]], with one species also occurring in [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Indonesia]]. After the 2020 fires, pygmy possums survived on [[Kangaroo Island]], Australia.<ref>BBC News [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-55240839]</ref> Saving the species may depend on eliminating [[feral]] cats from the island. == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Diprotodonts]]