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- Title
A rare sighting of the Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus in north-central Victoria.
- Authors
Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.
- Abstract
The Eastern Pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus is a small, omnivorous marsupial found in south-eastern Australia. In Victoria, the present distribution of C.nanus is geographically patchy, generally associated with forests of the Great Dividing Range, but also a range of coastal forests and shrublands. In Box-Ironbark forests of north-central Victoria, C.nanus appears to have undergone a severe population decline. In April 2011, a single Eastern Pygmy-possum was observed in the Redcastle-Graytown State Forest during nocturnal survey work. This is a notable record considering that the species has not otherwise been reported from this area for approximately 40 years.
- Subjects
GREAT Dividing Range; HEATHCOTE National Park (N.S.W.); AUSTRALIA; MAMMALS; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Victorian Naturalist, 2013, Vol 130, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0042-5184
- Publication type
Article