TARSIPEDIDAE, Gervais & Verreaux, 1842

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Tarsipedidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 566-573 : 566

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6670938
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6621080
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	TARSIPEDIDAE
status

Treatment

Family TARSIPEDIDAE View in CoL

(HONEY POSSUM)

• Very small, flowerfeeding marsupial, specializing on nectar and pollen; long pointed snout, reduced dentition, long digits (some fused) with nails, and females up to twice as heavy as males.

• 15-20 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Heathlands and shrublands of coastal sand-plains.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.