Short-eared possum

Thanks a lot mark! First time I've managed to get one on camera!

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Thanks for the favourites! I really appriciate it! :)

Thanks Daniele! I wasn't aware of that information before i did some research last night. Before then i would have looked at mine & said he was simply a mountain brush-tail, but now i know better! I'll take a look at yours

An interesting fact about these guys; They were once classed as mountain brush tailed possums however DNA testing showed they are in fact genetically different from their southern cousins in Victoria & Southern NSW. The possums found north of Sydney were re-named the Short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus) and their southern cousins retained the name Mountain Brush Tailed possum (Trichosurus cunninghami).

Thanks Donia!! I guess it pays to investigate when you hear something rustling in a tree!

I wouldn't be game either & thanks Daniele!! :)

Thankyou Joshua :) I was delighted to find him

Thanks! Yeah i know why they say not to ever try and touch them or pick them up, they'd rip you to pieces!

Thanks Reza!

Thanks Ashley! He was the perfect model!