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MAMMAL FACTS |
Description
The Green Ringtail Possum has thick soft greenish fur, with white patches below eyes and ears. Fur has mixture of black, grey, yellow and white giving it a greenish appearance.
Other Names
Toolah, Striped Ringtail Possum
Size
36cm body, tail 32cm
Habitat
Lives in dense tropical rainforest. Spends most of its time in trees.
Food
Eats leaves of rainforest trees including figs.
Breeding
Gives birth to a single young
Range
rainforest of far north Queensland
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "lower risk/near threatened".
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Diprotodontia | | Family: | Pseudocheiridae | | Genus: | Pseudocheirus | | Species: | archeri | | Common Name: | Green Ringtail Possum |
Relatives in same Genus
Common Ringtail Possum (P. peregrinus)
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