Common ringtail possum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common ringtail possum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Pseudocheiridae

Where does the common ringtail possum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common ringtail possum in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common ringtail possum endangered?

The common ringtail possum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common ringtail possum?

The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Pseudocheiridae, genus Pseudocheirus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common ringtail possum

The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial.

The possum lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers, fruits and sap. It also consumes caecotropes, which are material fermented in the caecum and expelled during the daytime when it is resting in a nest. This behaviour is called caecotrophy and is similar to that seen in rabbits.

The possum carries its young in a pouch, where it develops for 120–130 days before leaving. They are affected by land clearing, which destroys their habitat. The red fox is an introduced invasive species and predator that negatively impacts the possum.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common ringtail possum (revision 1376928582), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q928390 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).