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Wobbly Possum Disease is a fatal neurological condition of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), first reported in 1995. [1] [2] Symptoms include a stumbling gait, tremors, blindness, activity during the daytime, and falling from trees. [2] The disease is believed to be caused by a virus. [3]
Rock-haunting ringtail possum, Petropseudes dahli; Genus Pseudocheirus. Common ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus Common ringtail possum; Western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis; Genus Pseudochirulus. Lowland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus canescens; Weyland ringtail possum, Pseudochirulus caroli
The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers, fruits and sap.
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum [2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean, [2] where it is called manicou. [3]
Catathrenia or nocturnal groaning is a sleep-related breathing disorder, consisting of end-inspiratory apnea (breath holding) and expiratory groaning during sleep.It describes a rare condition characterized by monotonous, irregular groans while sleeping. [1]
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Habitat and dietary requirements of both the mountain brushtail possum and the short-eared possum are reported to be more specialised than those of their close relative the common brushtail possum, T. vulpecula. [10] As a result, the common brushtail possum has been able to colonise a greater variety of habitats than either of its bobuck relatives.