Thursday, October 3, 2019

STRIPED POSSUM

Photographed at Lake Eachem, Queensland, October 2019
113                 STRIPED POSSUM                 Dactylopsila trivirgata

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                 113

Uncommon but widely distributed in rainforests and adjacent eucalyptus and melaleuca woodlands of ne Queensland from Mount Spec to Iron Range. Nocturnal, mostly arboreal, moves noisily through canopy, jumping from tree to tree. Generally insectivore, also eats fruit and honey.






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