Trichosurus vulpecula
Common Brushtail Possum at Holt, ACT
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| Trichosurus vulpecula | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Mar 2022 | |
| Unverified | Kurt | 5 Mar 2022 |
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4 comments
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.990514-35.233783
- Maps Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Mar 2022 09:45 PM Recorded on
- Kurt Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Kurt 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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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