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Threatened species

Mountain Pygmy-possum - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Burramys parvus

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Last updated: 14 Apr 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Mountain Pygmy-possum is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Australian Alps Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Snowy Mountains	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Mountain Pygmy-possum - Australian Alps is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Alpine complex
- Alpine Bogs and Fens
  - 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
- Alpine Fjaeldmarks
  - 3881 Alpine Snowpatch Feldmark
- Alpine Heaths
  - 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
  - 4135 Kosciuszko Rocky Podocarpus Heath
- Alpine Herbfields
  - 3883 Alpine Short Herbfield
  - 3884 Alpine Snowpatch Grassland
  - 3886 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
  - 3887 Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest

Grassy woodlands
- Subalpine Woodlands
  - 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland

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