Cercartetus nanus
Eastern Pygmy Possum at Tinderry, NSW
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| Cercartetus nanus | DonFletcher | 7 Nov 2023 | |
| Pseudocheirus peregrinus | CarbonAI | 6 Nov 2023 | |
| Cercartetus nanus | danswell | 6 Nov 2023 |
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User's notes
Captured twice on video camera and once on trail camera, coming to bait (peanut butter). Distinctive from antechinus due to large ears, big forward-facing eyes and slightly less agile.
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Location information
- Maps Mt Holland
- Places Tinderry, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- danswell Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Mammals Possums & Gliders Possums danswell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cercartetus nanus
Species information
- Cercartetus nanus Scientific name
- Eastern Pygmy Possum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 656m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location