Acrobates Desmarest, 1817
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5033299 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987FC-EB5D-4B1D-AF65-CBEDFD42F9D5 |
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Carolina |
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Acrobates Desmarest, 1817 View in CoL
Acrobates Desmarest, 1817:405 View in CoL . Type species Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794 , by monotypy.
Acrobata Desmarest, 1821:270 . Incorrect subsequent spelling of Acrobates Desmarest, 1817 View in CoL .
Ascobates Anon, 1839:454 . Incorrect subsequent spelling of Acrobates Desmarest, 1817 View in CoL .
Cercoptenus Gloger, 1841:85 . Type species Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794 , by monotypy.
CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Diprotodontia View in CoL , suborder Phalangeriformes View in CoL , family Acrobatidae View in CoL . As currently understood, the family Acrobatidae View in CoL includes 3 arboreal species, the feathertailed glider ( Acrobates pygmaeus View in CoL ), the broad-toed feathertail glider ( A. frontalis ), and the feather-tailed possum ( Distoechurus pennatus View in CoL ). The latter is endemic to New Guinea and although it has a distichous tail similar to Acrobates View in CoL , it lacks a patagium. A. frontalis has only recently been recognized (Jackson and Schouten 2012; Aplin 2013), based on the resurrection of a previously described form ( Dromicia frontalis De Vis 1887 ).
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Acrobates Desmarest, 1817
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Cercoptenus
| GLOGER, C 1841: 85 |
Ascobates
| ANON 1839: 454 |
Acrobata
| DESMAREST, A 1821: 270 |
Acrobates
| DESMAREST, A 1817: 405 |