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The common brushtail possum is the 2nd largest of the Australasian possums. They are native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand because they are known for rapidly destroying native forests via heavy browsing, they prey on native bird eggs and chicks, and they also spread bovine tuberculosis to farm […]

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The mountain pygmy possum, aka burramys, is the only extant species in the genus Burramys. They hail from southern Australia. These diminutive critters face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of the skiing industry, and fires. Habitat division due to roads and railroads, as well as […]

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The Leadbeater’s possum, aka fairy possum, has been greatly restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. In 2025 an unknown population was shown to occur near Yarrangobilly Caves, Southern New South Wales. These possums face the threats […]

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The mahogany glider looks just like a sugar glider & hails from a tiny area between Ollera Creek south of Ingham and Tully in North Queensland, Australia. These adorable little marsupials face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, ranching, logging, marine and freshwater aquaculture, […]

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The Robinson’s mouse opossum hails from Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela. They prefer lowland dry forests, lowland moist forests, montane moist forests, savannas, mangroves, and xeric shrublands (very dry shrublands). With no major threats and a stable population, these tiny critters are listed as […]

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The common ringtail possum hails from eastern Australia and Tasmania. These marsupials prefer tropical and temperate areas, with thick brush forests that contain plenty of eucalyptus trees. They have a stable population and the only threats they face are habitat loss and predation by domestic and feral dogs, cats, and […]

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The honey possum, aka noolbenger or tait, hails from western Australia. They prefer coastal, sand plain heathlands and banksia woodlands with a large variety of flowering plants. The honey possum is among the world’s smallest marsupials, with the long-tailed planigale being number 1. Even though they suffer at the hands […]

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Often thought of as dumb, dirty animals who spread diseases like rabies, the opossum is one very misunderstood North American animal. The fact of the matter is opossums are cleaner, more intelligent, and more beneficial to humans than many realize. Sure they aren’t going to win any beauty contests, but […]

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Enter the greater glider; the marsupial with an awkward clumsy walk while on the ground. Although it may walk awkwardly, it can glide very gracefully from tree to tree. It does so via the use of a membrane that spreads from it’s elbows to its ankles. They also move about […]

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Out of the 23 known possum species in Australia, there are 2 that you’ll most likely come across at night: the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular), this scientific name means “furry tailed little fox”, and the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), this scientific name means “false hand pilgrim”. They, like […]

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