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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. This possum also consumes caecotropes, which is material fermented ...
Didelphimorphs are small to medium-sized marsupials that grow to the size of a house cat. They tend to be semi- arboreal omnivores, although there are many exceptions. Most members of this order have long snouts, a narrow braincase, and a prominent sagittal crest. The dental formula is: 5.1.3.4 4.1.3.4 × 2 = 50 teeth.
The common brushtail possum has a head and body length of 32–58 cm (13–23 in) [ 7 ] with a tail length of 24–40 cm (9.4–16 in). [ 8 ] It weighs 1.2–4.5 kg (2.6–9.9 lb). [ 8 ] Males are generally larger than females. In addition, the coat of the male tends to be reddish at the shoulders.
The Virginia opossum is the original animal named "opossum", a word which comes from Algonquian wapathemwa, meaning "white animal". Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently just called a "possum". [8] The term is applied more generally to any of the other marsupials of the families Didelphidae and Caenolestidae.
The striped possum also eats leaves, fruits, and small vertebrates. [2] It emits a "very powerful unpleasant smell." [10] It is noisy and growls. During the day it curls up on an exposed branch and sleeps. [11] The female striped possum has two teats in her pouch and can give birth to up to two young. [2] However, not a lot is known of its ...
The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials, monotremes [1][2][3] (and rarely in the males as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch". This is due to the occurrence of epipubic bones, a pair of bones projecting forward from the pelvis.
Acrobates pygmaeus. The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, [3] is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the world's smallest gliding mammal and is named for its long feather-shaped tail.
Binomial name. Trichosurus cunninghami. Lindenmayer, Dubach and Viggers, 2002. Mountain brushtail possum range. The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi- arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia. It was not described as a separate species until 2002.