Honey Possum
Tarsipes rostratus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The honey possum or noolbenger, is a tiny species of marsupial in the genus Tarsipes, which is assigned to the monotypic diprotodont family Tarsipedidae. The name of the genus means "tarsier-foot", given for a resemblance to tarsier's simian-like feet and toes noted by the earliest descriptions.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Tarsipedidae
- Genus
- Tarsipes