Brushtail Possum: Mother carrying Joey

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Mammals (Mammalia)

Order:

Kangaroos & Wombats (Diprotodontia)

Family:

Brushtail Possum (Phalangeridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

This Photo:

🔍Mother carrying Joey🔎

Thank you Patrick White for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

This species is protected and classed as

RA (Rare)

under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act

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