Perisher Valley, NSW

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DonFletcher wrote:
14 Jul 2025
Hard to be sure from this description and photo. But it is not a Bandicoot, Potoroid (not known from that area anyway), Hare, Rabbit, Broad toothed rat, Rattus species, Brush-tailed Possum, any kind of glider nor a juvenile of any kind of ungulate found in Australia. Only two species in the region have part of their tails white and it is not a Rakali. So I agree with David Cunningham that it is a RTPoss.

Trichosurus vulpecula
13 Jul 2025
Unlikely to be a Rakali at that location and the long rear legs don’t match Rakali.
Ringtail Possums can have white tips on their tails, which are not brushy, so that is a possible ID.

Trichosurus vulpecula
Boronia wrote:
29 Dec 2024
Agree. This is my first time too, and I have been walking the Porcupine many many times!

Veronica nivea
Csteele4 wrote:
29 Dec 2024
Nice find, I've never seen these. Gorgeous.

Veronica nivea
turb wrote:
21 Aug 2024
This Royal blue-coloured specimen is typical of those found at altitude in the alpine regions. The species is usually a dark greenish Prussian Blue colour, with a Royal Blue ventral surface. However, at altitude, the dorsal colour is much lighter. Other blue-green species, such as Caenoplana spenceri also exhibit this phenomenon in the alpine region.

Caenoplana coerulea
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