| Eastern pygmy possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Burramyidae |
| Genus: | Cercartetus |
| Species: | C. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818)
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| Eastern pygmy possum range | |
The eastern pygmy possum (Cercartetus nanus) is a diprotodont marsupial of south-eastern Australia. Occurring from southern Queensland to eastern South Australia and also Tasmania,[1] it is found in a range of habitats, including rainforest, sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath.
- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Dickman, C.; Lunney, D.; Menkhorst, P. (2016). "Cercartetus nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40578A21963504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40578A21963504.en.