Burramys

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Burra Burra, north of Goulburn, NSW, where fossils first discovered + Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

Proper noun

Burramys m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Burramyidae – mountain pygmy possum and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Burramyidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Burramys parvus (mountain pygmy possum) - sole extant species
  • †Burramys brutyi, †Burramys tridactylus, †Burramys wakefieldi - extinct species

Further reading

• Burramys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Burramys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Burramys parvus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Burramys at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Burramys in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Burramys at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Burramys at Paleobiology Database