Common Brushtail Possum at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Trichosurus vulpecula | 4 Jul 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Trichosurus vulpecula | 24 Jun 2022 | michaelb | ||
| Pseudocheirus peregrinus | 13 Jun 2022 | AniseStar |
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1 comment
DonFletcher
wrote:
14 Jun 2022
Hi AniseStar, thanks for posting this record. Please could you clarify what makes you sure it is a Common ring-tailed Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus, not a Common Brushtailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula? (The most obvious difference is that the ringtail has a white tail tip with short fur, and the brush tail has a very furry black tail. Close up, their faces are similar.) In Canberra, Brushtails are common near houses, Ringtails are patchily distributed and mostly not near houses, so I cant confirm this until I have your answer to the question.
Location information
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Jun 2022 10:06 AM Recorded on
- AniseStar Recorded by
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Trichosurus vulpecula Scientific name
- Common Brushtail Possum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1245.5m Recorded at altitude
- 283 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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