Tasmanian pygmy possums, also known as little pygmy possums, are tiny tree-dwelling marsupials that might be mistaken for rodents. The large-eared, long-tailed critters grow no longer than 5 to 6 ...

The unlucky pygmy possum was just in the wrong place at the really wrong time. The Tasmanian pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus), also known as the little pygmy possum, is the world's smallest possum.

Justine believes the mammal to be a pygmy possum, an animal common to the region ... one who posted the photos to a Facebook group called Tasmanian Insects and Spiders, where fellow nature ...

Members of the pygmy possum family, called Burramyidae, are found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, and Tasmania has the honour of hosting the smallest possum in the world – the ...

She published the images—taken by her husband, Adam—on the "Tasmanian Insects and Spiders ... was staying at a lodge with a few friends. "Pygmy possums are quite common up there, we reckon ...