Found alive after 6,000 years: modern records of an ‘extinct’ Papuan marsupial, Dactylonax kambuayai (Marsupialia: Petauridae), with a revision of the systematics and zoogeography of the genus Dactylonax

The Pygmy Long-fingered Possum, Dactylonax kambuayai, is the smallest of the striped possums (the petaurid subfamily Dactylopsilinae). It is a ‘Lazarus species’, found living when previously known only from fossils. Recently collected museum specimens, and observations and photographs of living indi...

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Auteurs principaux:	Tim F. Flannery, Kenneth P. Aplin, Carlos Bocos, Loukas G. Koungoulos, Kristofer M. Helgen
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	Australian Museum 2026-03-01
Collection:	Records of the Australian Museum
Sujets:	marsupialia petauridae dactylonax kambuayai palpator ernstmayri lazarus taxon vogelkop new guinea systematic review
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