Dactylonax kambuayai
| Dactylonax kambuayai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Petauridae |
| Genus: | Dactylonax |
| Species: | D. kambuayai
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylonax kambuayai (Aplin, 1999)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dactylopsila kambuayai Aplin, 1999 | |
Dactylonax kambuayai, the Arfak striped possum or pygmy long-fingered possum, is a member of the marsupial family Petauridae. Fossils of the species were discovered in the 1990s, but the species was believed to be extinct until it was discovered still living in the wild by a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities, and citizen scientists.
It has been described as being a lazarus taxon.