Trichosurus sp. (caninus or cunninghami)

Mountain Brushtail Possum at Chapel Hill, QLD

Trichosurus sp. (caninus or cunninghami) at Chapel Hill, QLD - 28 Dec 2016
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Trichosurus sp. (caninus or cunninghami) 2 Sep 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Trichosurus cunninghami 29 Aug 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Trichosurus caninus 29 Aug 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 28 Aug 2024 KMcCue

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The locals called this a Mountain Possum, not a Common Brushtail

5 comments

Darcy wrote:
   28 Aug 2024
G'day @KMcCue , I'm not sure that the GPS location that goes with this picture is correct? The GPS location is showing up as somewhere out near Lake Mungo in Far West NSW, but the picture and your description leads me to believe it's incorrect?

Based on your other sightings from the same day I suspect this sighting belongs in QLD?
KMcCue wrote:
   29 Aug 2024
Thanks Darcy
You are right, I will fix the location, it was in Brisbane.
KMcCue wrote:
   29 Aug 2024
Hopefully the location is fixed though there was no option to identify it as a mountain possum
   29 Aug 2024
Hard to separate the 2 species of Mountain Brushtail Possums
KMcCue wrote:
   2 Sep 2024
Thanks Michael, I'll see if its carers know

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