Eastern Pygmy Possum sighted in Namadgi

EvanJames, you are confusing this animal (the Eastern Pygmy Possum – Cercatetus nanus) with the mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus). These guys (Cercatetus) are pretty widespread and have turned up in recent years in more unusual spots – Burramys are an alpine species.

p1 said :

Cute little buggers. I would much prefer a Pygmy dimensionally deficient possum trying to scab chocolate off me then some of the frickin’ huge ones we normally get ’round here.

Or the cheeky bugger trying to steal the banana off the bbq.

Cute little buggers. I would much prefer a Pygmy dimensionally deficient possum trying to scab chocolate off me then some of the frickin’ huge ones we normally get ’round here.

EvanJames said :

that’s a likely suggestion, I’ve seen sugar gliders from time to time. They have that big stretch of skin between their arms and their legs, and they grip onto things. Face is sort-of similar though.

Thanks guys. It’s so long ago that I cannot remember the details, but a sugar glider sounds way more likely.

Really pleased .. only thing I saw last weekend included Kangaroos, Wallabies and wild dogs

Excellent, they come up great in the fryer!

It’s been a while!

Bit rude. Shouldn’t that be ‘dimensionally challenged’ possum sighted? C’mon gubmnt, play by your own rules!

that’s a likely suggestion, I’ve seen sugar gliders from time to time. They have that big stretch of skin between their arms and their legs, and they grip onto things. Face is sort-of similar though.

Watson said :

I swear I once saw a pigmy possum in Weston Park years ago. It was climbing through the wattles behind the nursery keeping well clear of the dogs I was walking. It looked like a pigmy possum but I am still trying to think of what else it could be as it seems so unlikely to meet such a rare animal in such an ordinary place.

Sugar Glider? Fairly common around the ACT

I swear I once saw a pigmy possum in Weston Park years ago. It was climbing through the wattles behind the nursery keeping well clear of the dogs I was walking. It looked like a pigmy possum but I am still trying to think of what else it could be as it seems so unlikely to meet such a rare animal in such an ordinary place.