Sunday, November 26, 2017

LEMUROID RINGTAIL POSSUM

Photographed on Kennedy Highway, near Mount Hypipamee, Queensland, November 2017

86              LEMUROID RINGTAIL POSSUM                    Hemibelideus lemuroides 

AUSTRALIA                86 

Also known as Lemur-like Ringtail. Common in mature rainforest above 450 m between Ingham and Cairns, ne Queensland; isolated populations above 1100 m on Carbine Tablelands. Social, occurring as pairs or family groups; agile, leaps noisily from one clump of foliage to another. Shelters in the day, feeds at night.





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