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Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata
Striped possum, from Chambers wildlife lodge in the Atherton tablelands. Fairly common but difficult to observe as they tend to stay up high and move very fast in the rainforest canopy, they can be photographed at Chambers as they come down to lick honey that is place don the tree trunks each night. They are said to emit a powerful unpleasant odour. They eat wood boring grubs and have elongated claw like an Aye-Aye that they use to help extract grubs, they chew through the wood to reach grubs and detects them by rapidly drumming on branches with its claws. They are more common in New Guinea than Australia. I believe this is probably the first striped possum posted here. Body about 200mm long and tail 300mm. Larger image: Striped Possum OM-1 + 300mm f4 + FL-900R flash on off camera bracket 1/100@ f8 ISO200 Chris Ross
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