Trichosurus vulpecula
1 Common Brushtail Possum at Hughes, ACT
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| Trichosurus vulpecula | DonFletcher | 17 Sep 2020 | |
| Trichosurus vulpecula | DonFletcher | 17 Sep 2020 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 16 Sep 2020 |
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User's notes
I keep finding animal tails . . . I'm guessing a ring-tail possum? Eaten by a fox?
2 comments
17 Sep 2020
Hi Lisa, If your comment means you have found at least three tails in the same area, as well as looking carefully on the ground nearby, look up also. Powerful owls bring prey (mostly possums and gliders) back to roosting spots and drop tails. Foxes consume prey at scattered locations except for what they bring to their cubs in a den. And foxes leave entrails and fur as well as tails.
17 Sep 2020
Hi Don. No, sadly I haven't seen three tails in the one area - my cryptic comment referred to sighting #4344070 (seen in a different area).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093107-35.327699
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Sep 2020 12:26 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trichosurus vulpecula Possums Possums & Gliders Mammals
Species information
- Trichosurus vulpecula Scientific name
- Common Brushtail Possum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1266.58m Recorded at altitude
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