ACROBATIDAE, Aplin, 1987

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Acrobatidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 574-591 : 574

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6587741
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6587725
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87CE-FF8A-FF8F-AF4B-FD3A79BAFA2B
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	ACROBATIDAE
status

Treatment

Family ACROBATIDAE View in CoL

(FEATHER-TAILED GLIDERS AND FEATHER-TAILED POSSUM)

Very small marsupials, with distinctive lateral fringes of hairs on tails, drab in color and no patterning on bodies but variably decorated on their necks; large and fleshy rhinaria.

• 10-25 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

Forest, woodland, and coastal heath communities.

2 genera, 3 species, 3 taxa.

No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.