Common Brushtail Possum at Bowning, NSW
Identification history
| Trichosurus vulpecula | 17 Feb 2025 | DonFletcher | ||
| Trichosurus vulpecula | 6 Jan 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 6 Jan 2025 | Maren |
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User's notes
Have not seen the animal but looks like possums are in the apple tree
4 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Hi Maren, Any apple tree is likely to have both BT Possums and Black/Roof/Ship Rats in it and could also have visits from Grey Headed Flying Foxes. I cant guess the scale here (which matters a lot in this case) but they look like rat droppings. So I have not confirmed your sighting, yet. The key question is how big are those scats?
DonFletcher
wrote:
16 Feb 2025
Hi @Maren are you able to give more information on the size of the scats?
Maren
wrote:
17 Feb 2025
Hi Don, they were about 20 mm long. Much bigger than rat droppings I've seen around here, though I don't know about native rats.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.780548-34.814661
- Places Bowning, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2025 08:50 AM Recorded on
- Maren Recorded by
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Maren NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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