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DonFletcher
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
Hi @Lisa.Jok, A Possum clearly and not Ring Tailed because it has more signs of its partly carnivorous lifestyle, i.e. stronger canine and premolar teeth and a sagittal crest for better attachment of strong jaw muscles. Great photos for skull ID, thanks, except a side view can often be helpful also as well as the main ones you took from above and below, and sometimes even a view from the back of the skull.
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
17 Jun 2025
Hi Baronia, thanks for your sighting. It looks like the location information you provided is incorrect. This can occur if the GPS sensor in your device was having a bad day. Please review and update the location of this record when you get a chance.... PLEASE CHECK ALL YOUR SIGHTINGS FROM THIS LOCATION FOR LOCATION ERRORS.
Trichosurus cunninghami
DonFletcher
wrote:
8 Jun 2025
No more responses so I verified it as BTP. Many thanks for the link @MartinPredavec
Trichosurus vulpecula
MartinPredavec
wrote:
7 Jun 2025
I agree with @DonFletcher - it sounds like a Brushtail Possum. Have a listen at https://wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/common-brushtail-possum/?srsltid=AfmBOoqmM4d5Zb3Ve0K_dUXau_o-cap3CBHsUAWprxcybcxx3YPLhba7
Trichosurus vulpecula
DonFletcher
wrote:
6 Jun 2025
Hi @Frecko, I'm not good with sounds and I don't really know what this is but to me it sounds a bit like like a Brush Tailed Possum. Maybe other mammal moderators will chip in with their opinions.
Trichosurus vulpecula
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