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title: "Vliegende buidelmuis"
description: "Acrobates pygmaeus — Zoogdieren. The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/narrow-toed-feather-tailed-glider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vliegende buidelmuis

> Acrobates pygmaeus — Zoogdieren. The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Acrobates pygmaeus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 404
- Wikidata: [Q613177](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q613177)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42715](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42715)

## Names

- en: Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider
- de: Schmalfuß-Federschwanz-Gleitbeutler
- es: Pósum pigmeo acróbata
- fr: Acrobate pygmée
- nl: Vliegende buidelmuis
- pl: Akrobatka karliczka

## Countries with the most observations

AU (323)

## Summary

The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the world's smallest gliding mammal and is named for its long feather-shaped tail.
A second species, the broad-toed feathertail glider (Acrobates (Dromicia) frontalis, De Vis 1887) is recognised by some authors based on unpublished genetic studies and cryptic morphological differences in toe and tail characteristics. With this recognition, it is suggested that Acrobates pygmaeus takes the common name narrow…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertail_glider

## Photo

![Vliegende buidelmuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/narrow-toed-feather-tailed-glider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335343373

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/narrow-toed-feather-tailed-glider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).