Pygmy-Possum
By Harry, Samuel and James
Description
The pygmy-possum is 10cm long. Its nose is pink and it has dark shadows around its eyes. It has grey, brown fur.
Distribution
The pygmy-possum lives only in alpine and subalpine areas on the highest mountains in Victoria and NSW.
Habitat and Ecology
They live on the ground in rocky areas where boulders have accumulated below mountain peaks. They eat mainly invertebrates and they have four babies in spring.
Threats
Their threats are red foxes, feral cats and humans who think they are rats or mice.
Recovery strategies
There are 32 recovery actions in place to recover the pygmy-possum species.
What needs to be done to recover this species?
Control foxes and feral cats in mountain Pygmy-Possum habitats and build more tunnels of love under roads so they can reach other to breed.
Act Wild for Mountain Pygmy-possums
Photos are from Wikimedia Commons.
Information is from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/