Trichosurus vulpecula

1 Common Brushtail Possum at Michelago, NSW

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   23 Mar 2019

I get Flying foxes in my fig tree. They like the fruit.

Illilanga wrote:

   23 Mar 2019

Haha Michael. So do we but I haven't been able to a get a photo for CNM! We hear it flapping around every night. ;)

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   23 Mar 2019

I've been able to get sound recordings of their screeching:
Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying Fox) on 16 Feb 2019
and flapping:
Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey-headed Flying Fox) on 12 Feb 2019
a photo would be very hard !

Illilanga wrote:

   23 Mar 2019

Yep that's the sound. I'm not sure it's still around but I will try and get audio if it is.

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.156273-35.779649
• Altitude 796.0m
• Maps Illilanga & Baroona
• Places Michelago, NSW

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 28 Feb 2019 09:54 PM Recorded on
• Illilanga Recorded by

• Collections

  Mammals Possums & Gliders Possums Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

• Trichosurus vulpecula Scientific name
• Common Brushtail Possum Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1245.5m Recorded at altitude
• 367 images trained Machine learning
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