Western Ringtail Possum (species: Pseudocheirus occidentalis) in Yalgorup WA (Gaia Guide)
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Pseudocheirus occidentalis
Western Ringtail Possum


©ryber on iNaturalist: Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)

©Ryber on iNaturalist: Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Pseudocheiridae
Genus Pseudocheirus
Species Pseudocheirus occidentalis
Status vulnerable

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 40 cm (Body length)
  • Up to 40 cm (Tail length)

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Distribution


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Distribution and habitat preferences

The Western Ringtail is confined to south-western Western Australia where it is now reduced to patches of mainly eucalypt forest between Two Peoples Bay and the Collie River, with the most inland population at Perup. The species favours coastal forest with Agonis flexuosa, its range includes gardens in the cities of Busselton and Albany. (Wikipedia)

Local abundance

  • Yalgorup National Park: It has recently been reintroduced to Yalgorup National Park.

Diet

Its diet includes leaves, fruit, flowers, bark and sap of myrtaceous plants. Favoured food trees are Jarrah(Eucalyptus marginata) and Marri (Corymbia calophylla) with the Peppermint tree (Agonis flexuosa) forming the greatest part of their diet. (Wikipedia)

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