Common Ringtail Possum
Common Ringtail PossumCommon Ringtail PossumCommon Ringtail PossumCommon Ringtail Possum

Common Ringtail Possum

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Booderee National Park
2 Verified records at Booderee National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Booderee National Park

Eastern Grey Kangaroo
LC Endemic

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Macropus giganteus

70–80% · Very likely
Swamp Wallaby
LC Endemic

Swamp Wallaby

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Wallabia bicolor

60–70% · Likely
Common Brushtail
LC Endemic

Common Brushtail

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Trichosurus vulpecula

40–50% · Likely
Red-necked Wallaby
LC Endemic

Red-necked Wallaby

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Notamacropus rufogriseus

20–30% · Possible
Common Wombat
LC Endemic

Common Wombat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Vombatus ursinus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Ringtail Possum at Booderee National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
2 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
4 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
5 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
6 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
8 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
9 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
10 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
11 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
12 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
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