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Sighting 4426732

Trichosurus vulpecula

Common Brushtail Possum at Holt, ACT

Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
Trichosurus vulpecula at Holt, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM
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Trichosurus vulpecula 5 Mar 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 5 Mar 2022 Kurt

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4 comments

DonFletcher wrote:
   5 Mar 2022
Hi Kurt, you can identify these Common Brush Tailed Possums yourself. All identifications get checked by a moderator before appearing as records, so if you get it wrong, its not a big problem. If in doubt which species of possum, you can have a look at the photos of each species on CNM (under 'species'). The only other Brushtail Possum than this one, in our region, is the Mountain BP, which has shorter ears.
Kurt wrote:
   5 Mar 2022
Hi Don, thanks for the tip, I’ll keep it in mind…but wouldn’t it be great if say after selecting ‘species’ and holding down on a name from the library, a picture would pop up for instant comparison!
DonFletcher wrote:
   5 Mar 2022
Well yes it would, or better, a string of pics showing different ID features!
I am from an era when we entered these records and submitted them to a moderator, literally on green A5 cards. To check the ID features of a species, you had to go to some specialist book or journal paper. So to me everything about the current system is fantastic. But it can always be made better. Maybe Aaron Clausen will get round to adding that feature one day.
Kurt wrote:
   5 Mar 2022
I totally agree that the current system is fantastic, I’ve found NatureMapr very easy to use unlike some other apps that I have given up on! By the way I’m also from that era😂 cheers, Kurt.

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