Ringtail Possum
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Adelaide Hills
Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
Front, showing claws
 
                      
Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Mammals (Mammalia)
Order: Kangaroos & Wombats (Diprotodontia)
Family: Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheiridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
This Photo:     🔍Front🔎

Thank you Kate Sandiford for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
It seems they can be differentiated from Brush-tails without seeing the tail:
Lee-anne Lever said "Ringtails have small rounded ears."

Copyright © 2010-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Dec-2010
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.