Australian mammals

Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, northeast of Melbourne. It is primitive, relict, and nongliding, and, as the only

Numbat populations have been decimated by foxes and cats and dropped so low late last century that the species came close to extinction twice.

Australian dingo.

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The Common or Eastern Ringtail Possum is well known to many Sydney residents. Together with the Common Brushtail Possum, it has adapted well to living in close association with humans and is often seen in suburban gardens at night.

Feather-tailed Glider on a grevillea flower.

The last of these cat-size animals were seen on the mainland 50 years ago, and now they’re island-hopping back home.

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