Scaly-tailed Possum

Scaly-tailed Possum

Taxobox
name = Scaly-tailed PossumMSW3 Groves|pages=50]


image_size =
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=23091|title=Wyulda squamicaudata|downloaded=2006-12-26]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Phalangeridae
genus = "Wyulda"
genus_authority = Alexander, 1918
species = "W. squamicaudata"
binomial = "Wyulda squamicaudata"
binomial_authority = Alexander, 1919

The Scaly-tailed Possum ("Wyulda squamicaudata") is found in northwestern Australia. It is restricted to the Kimberley region in Western Australia.cite book | last = Menkhorst | first = Peter | year = 2001 | title = A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia | publisher = Oxford University Press | pages = 84] As it is monotypic in its genus, it is sometimes known simply by its genus — the "Wyulda".

The Scaly-tailed Possum is a member of the family Phalangeridae, which means that it is related to cuscuses and brushtail possums. It is a solitary nocturnal forager that feeds on leaves, flowers and fruit.

As its name implies, its distinguishing feature is a hairless, scaly tail.

References

External links

* [http://www.marsupialsociety.org/scaly_possum.html Marsupial Society of Australia article on Scaly-tailed Possum]


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