THE FEATHER-TAILED GLIDER (Acrobates pygmeus) IN NEW GUINEA

Helgen, Kristofer M.

TREUBIA
Vol 33, No 1 (2003): Vol. 33 No. 1, December 2003

Acrobates pygmeus is a small arboreal marsupial thought to be restricted to eastern Australia, from southeastern South Australia to the tip of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. Here I discuss the possibility that the species also occurs in New Guinea, based on two poorly-localized museum specimens (in London and Stockholm) supposedly collected from that island.Key words: Feather-tailed glider, Acrobates pygmeus, Acrobatidae, marsupials, New Guinea