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honey possum

species of marsupial
Taxon Taxon Q752020
honey possum
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
T. rostratus
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
Diel cycle
nocturnal
Endemic to
Australia[5]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Is pollinator of
Banksia attenuata, Banksia coccinea, Adenanthos cuneatus[10][11][12]
Main food source
nectar, pollen[7][8]
Parent taxon
Tarsipes[4]
Taxon author citation
Gervais & Verreaux, 1842
Taxon common name
Honey possum, Honey Possum, Honigbeutler, pósum mieleru
Taxon name
Tarsipes rostratus[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en honey possum en noolbenger en Tarsipes rostratus cs Tarsipes rostratus cs possum medosavý cs Medosavec vačnatý cs Medovcovití cs Medovec vačnatý cs Medovec pruhovaný de Honigbeutler de Tarsipes rostratus de Tarsipedidae de Rüsselbeutler es Tarsipedidae fa صاریغ شهدخوار fi kärsäpussipäästäinen fi Tarsipes spenserae fi Tarsipes rostratus fi Tarsipedidae fi Pussikärsäpäästäinen
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ADW taxon ID
Tarsipes_rostratus
ARKive ID (archived)
tarsipes-rostratus, honey-possum/tarsipes-rostratus
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1000368
AnimalBase ID
7278
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/12655
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Tarsipes_rostratus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
26192
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
honigbeutler
Catalogue of Life ID
54XYY
Encyclopedia of Life ID
323836
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Tarsipedidae, animal/honey-possum
Freebase ID
/m/012dll
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GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2440056
Global Species ID
947322
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
snabelpungdyr
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number
GCA_904813485.1
INaturalist taxon ID
42788
IRMNG ID
10231825
ITIS TSN
609844
IUCN taxon ID
40583
MSW ID
11000166
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779935611
NCBI taxonomy ID
38632
Observation.org taxon ID
87998
Open Tree of Life ID
901943
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
432815
UMLS CUI
C1007660
Xeno-canto species ID
Tarsipes-rostratus

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🔗 Connections
Is pollinator of 3
Banksia coccinea, Adenanthos cuneatus, Banksia attenuata
← Is pollinated by 3
Banksia coccinea, Adenanthos cuneatus, Banksia attenuata
Main food source 2
pollen, nectar
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Endemic to 1
Australia
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Tarsipes
Taxon rank 1
species
← FactGrid item ID 1
Karl Alfred von Zittel
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Summary

honey possum is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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