PETAURIDAE, Bonaparte, 1838
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6656820 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6620329 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A1613-FFBD-FF97-8280-FD3ACFEEFA2A |
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Felipe |
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PETAURIDAE |
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Family PETAURIDAE View in CoL
(STRIPED POSSUMS, LEADBEATER’S POSSUM AND LESSER GLIDERS)
• Medium-sized arboreal marsupials with strong facial markings and one or more distinct dorsal stripes. • 30-80 cm.
• Australasian Region.
• Montane forest, lowland forest, and sclerophyll forest and woodland, some species in rainforest.
• 3 genera, 12 species, 18 taxa.
• | species Critically Endangered, 3 species Endangered; no species Extinct since 1600.
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Metatheria |
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Phalangeriformes |
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Petauroidea |
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