Acrobates pygmaeus
2 Feathertail Glider at Cotter River, ACT
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| Acrobates pygmaeus | DonFletcher | 19 Oct 2023 | |
| Acrobates pygmaeus | jaimiehopkins | 19 Oct 2023 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Seen gliding across track. Perched approximately 2.5m high in Acacia sp.
2 comments
19 Oct 2023
Actually a good photo for a phone considering the target is tiny, highly mobile, hard to distinguish from its surroundings, and has things in front of it to trick the autofocus.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.835903-35.418593
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2023 08:33 PM Recorded on
- jaimiehopkins Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Photographic Competition - image of greatest conservation significance Significant jaimiehopkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acrobates pygmaeus Gliders Possums & Gliders Mammals
Species information
- Acrobates pygmaeus Scientific name
- Feathertail Glider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 503.99m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location