The most familiar and abundant of the many Australian possum species are the Brushtail possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula ) and the Common Ringtail possum ( Pseudocheirus peregrinus ) The bushy-tailed ...

Australian possums, especially the common ringtail, develop sores and shed the bacteria in their feces. ... Thirteen mosquitoes of this species recently consumed a ringtail possum and a human.

Some mosquitoes in southeastern Australia feed on both common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, pictured) and people, providing a link to transmit a flesh-eating disease from the possums ...

The common ringtail possum arrived at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital on Tuesday last week after being found in a removalist van that travelled from Queenscliff on Sydney's northern beaches.

“[They were] surprised to find a visibly distressed young ringtail possum clinging to their hot water heater,” WIRES Wildlife Rescue wrote in a Facebook post.Ringtail possums are Australian ...

A burnt western ringtail possum recorded by Allison Dixon after the prescribed burn in 2018. Credit: Allison Dixon Byram's fire-intensity equation might be valuable as a theoretical construct.

While western ringtail possum deaths have not been recorded since the works began at the south end of the BORR project, Main Roads discovered three dead in July.

Tiger snake, pobblebonk frog, ringtail possum: Animal encounters caught on camera. A tiger snake has been spotted slithering through scrub near a popular walking trail.