Order Diprotodontia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 45 62 book chapter 193479 10.5281/zenodo.7353075 f3e18b59-04c6-4ced-a95a-73477199b841 1-56098-217-9 7353075 Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793) . Zool. New Holland , 1:5 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , New South Wales , Sydney . DISTRIBUTION: Australia : E Queensland to SE South Australia , inland to Deniliquin ( New South Wales ). STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: frontalis, pulchellus . COMMENTS: Tate (1938:60) believed the single specimen (of A. pulchellus which is considered a synonym of pygmaeus ) obtained in NW New Guinea was probably an introduction as a pet.