HERBERT RIVER RINGTAIL POSSUM

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

87                  HERBERT RIVER RINGTAIL POSSUM              Pseudochirulus herbertensis

AUSTRALIA               87

Locally common in montane tropical forest above 350 m from Mt Lee (w. of Ingham) to Lamb Range 9w of Cairns) ne. Queensland. Nocturnal, arboreal, mostly solitary, moves slowly and carefully through canopy. Eats leaves from variety of rainforest trees.

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.