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Feather-tailed possum

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flowers. The body coloration is dull buff to light brown to grayish. The muzzle and top of the head are striped black and white, with conspicuous black patches behind each small, naked ear. The eyes are large. The tail is naked except for the base and horizontal stiff hairs along each side, giving the appearance of a feather, hence the name, and the tip is prehensile. The feet of the possum have six pads rather than five, an adaptation for climbing, and the claws are sharp and hooked.
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The head and body length is about 100 to 120 mm and the tail is 123 to 155 mm, making an overall length 223 to 275 mm. The tongue is about 21 mm long and the dorsal side of the tongue is covered in a mat of small, backward-pointing papillae (bristles) to enable the retrieval of nectar and pollen from
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Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L.; Flannery, T. (2016).
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The feather-tailed possum feeds on nectar and pollen, and other forest food.
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 2258:Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby ( 14: 2984: 73: 1501:Herbert River ringtail possum ( 1417:Rock-haunting ringtail possum ( 1828:Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo ( 1570:Plush-coated ringtail possum ( 1552:D'Albertis's ringtail possum ( 1: 3057:Mammals of Western New Guinea 604:Northern hairy-nosed wombat ( 595:Southern hairy-nosed wombat ( 3072:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters 2384:Purple-necked rock-wallaby ( 2357:Black-flanked rock-wallaby ( 2294:Yellow-footed rock-wallaby ( 2141:Northern nail-tail wallaby ( 1774:Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo ( 1343:Lemur-like ringtail possum ( 221:Feather-tailed possum range 3052:Mammals of Papua New Guinea 2375:Brush-tailed rock-wallaby ( 2285:Rothschild's rock-wallaby ( 2132:Bridled nail-tail wallaby ( 1579:Reclusive ringtail possum ( 974:Mountain brushtail possum ( 956:Northern brushtail possum ( 3098: 2979: 2393:Mount Claro rock-wallaby ( 2231:Short-eared rock-wallaby ( 1801:Matschie's tree-kangaroo ( 1792:Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo ( 1528:Vogelkop ringtail possum ( 1483:Cinereus ringtail possum ( 1393:Southern greater glider ( 1085:Long-tailed pygmy possum ( 983:Coppery brushtail possum ( 891:Blue-eyed spotted cuscus ( 3067:Mammals described in 1874 2276:Proserpine rock-wallaby ( 1980:Spectacled hare-wallaby ( 1897:White-striped dorcopsis ( 1756:Bennett's tree-kangaroo ( 1687: 1673: 1588:Coppery ringtail possum ( 1492:Painted ringtail possum ( 1474:Weyland ringtail possum ( 1465:Lowland ringtail possum ( 1384:Northern greater glider ( 992:Common brushtail possum ( 855:Admiralty Island cuscus ( 645: 628: 501: 487: 455: 220: 211: 192: 185: 70:Scientific classification 68: 46: 37: 28: 23: 3077:Marsupials of New Guinea 2348:Unadorned rock-wallaby ( 2339:Herbert's rock-wallaby ( 2321:Cape York rock-wallaby ( 2306:P. lateralis/penicillata 1837:Lowlands tree-kangaroo ( 1783:Grizzled tree-kangaroo ( 1510:Masked ringtail possum ( 1441:Common ringtail possum ( 1375:Central greater glider ( 1103:Tasmanian pygmy possum ( 795:Northern common cuscus ( 786:Southern common cuscus ( 335:; Reeder, D. 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(eds.). 2330:Godman's rock-wallaby ( 2073:Western brush wallaby ( 2055:Black-striped wallaby ( 2022:Eastern grey kangaroo ( 2013:Western grey kangaroo ( 1765:Doria's tree-kangaroo ( 1649:Feather-tailed possum ( 1561:Green ringtail possum ( 1519:Pygmy ringtail possum ( 1270:Yellow-bellied glider ( 1061:Mountain pygmy possum ( 915:Sulawesi dwarf cuscus ( 864:Common spotted cuscus ( 750:Eastern common cuscus ( 269:It is found in most of 2503:Red-necked pademelon ( 2494:Red-legged pademelon ( 2366:Mareeba rock-wallaby ( 1864:Ursine tree-kangaroo ( 1855:Seri's tree-kangaroo ( 1112:Eastern pygmy possum ( 1094:Western pygmy possum ( 882:Black-spotted cuscus ( 699:Sulawesi bear cuscus ( 24:Feather-tailed possum 2992:This article about a 2959:Paleobiology Database 2795:Distoechurus_pennatus 2781:Distoechurus pennatus 2751:Distoechurus pennatus 2655:Long-footed potoroo ( 2564:Rufous rat-kangaroo ( 2449:Tasmanian pademelon ( 2312:Allied rock-wallaby ( 2165:Antilopine kangaroo ( 2122:(nail-tail wallabies) 1989:Rufous hare-wallaby ( 1939:Macleay's dorcopsis ( 1724:Banded hare-wallaby ( 1237:Leadbeater's possum ( 1195:Long-fingered triok ( 1016:Scaly-tailed possum ( 813:Rothschild's cuscus ( 377:Distoechurus pennatus 234:Distoechurus pennatus 229:feather-tailed possum 196:Distoechurus pennatus 2710:Musky rat-kangaroo ( 2664:Long-nosed potoroo ( 2485:Mountain pademelon ( 2476:Calaby's pademelon ( 2100:Red-necked wallaby ( 1625:Feathertail glider ( 1186:Great-tailed triok ( 965:Short-eared possum ( 690:Talaud bear cuscus ( 391:: e.T6765A21963930. 277:Physical description 16:Species of marsupial 2691:Hypsiprymnodontidae 2673:Gilbert's potoroo ( 2458:Brown's pademelon ( 946:(brushtail possums) 752:P. intercastellanus 40:Conservation status 2623:Northern bettong ( 2091:Whiptail wallaby ( 777:Telefomin cuscus ( 768:Blue-eyed cuscus ( 255:feathertail glider 237:) is a species of 3082:Diprotodont stubs 3009: 3008: 2974: 2973: 2946:Open Tree of Life 2743:Taxon identifiers 2734: 2733: 2730: 2729: 2726: 2725: 2722: 2721: 2685: 2684: 2648: 2596:Eastern bettong ( 2589: 2539: 2538: 2467:Dusky pademelon ( 2442: 2386:P. purpureicollis 2217: 2183:Common wallaroo ( 2125: 1982:L. conspicillatus 1973: 1948:Small dorcopsis ( 1915:Brown dorcopsis ( 1888:Black dorcopsis ( 1749: 1706: 1669: 1668: 1665: 1664: 1661: 1660: 1600: 1599: 1368: 1365:(greater gliders) 1318: 1317: 1306:Squirrel glider ( 1297:Mahogany glider ( 1261:Northern glider ( 1161: 1160: 1124: 1123: 1043: 1028: 1027: 949: 759:Woodlark cuscus ( 732:Mountain cuscus ( 683: 664: 639: 636:Phalangeriformes 624: 623: 620: 619: 616: 615: 553: 538: 537: 245:. 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E. 330: 329:Groves, C. P. 324: 322: 318: 311: 309: 303: 301: 299: 298: 294:in the genus 293: 285: 283: 276: 274: 272: 264: 262: 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 235: 230: 219: 215: 210: 205: 199: 197: 191: 188: 187:Binomial name 184: 180: 179: 174: 171: 170: 165: 160: 159: 155: 152: 151: 148: 145: 142: 141: 138: 137:Diprotodontia 135: 132: 131: 128: 125: 122: 121: 118: 115: 112: 111: 108: 105: 102: 101: 98: 95: 92: 91: 88: 85: 82: 81: 76: 71: 67: 61: 56: 55:Least Concern 45: 41: 36: 32: 27: 22: 19: 3002:expanding it 2991: 2976: 2750: 2712:H. moschatus 2711: 2699: 2675:P. gilbertii 2674: 2665: 2656: 2636: 2624: 2615: 2606: 2597: 2577: 2566:A. rufescens 2565: 2553: 2528: 2516: 2504: 2495: 2486: 2477: 2468: 2459: 2450: 2439:(pademelons) 2430: 2418: 2406: 2394: 2385: 2376: 2367: 2359:P. lateralis 2358: 2349: 2340: 2331: 2323:P. coenensis 2322: 2314:P. assimilis 2313: 2305: 2304: 2296:P. xanthopus 2295: 2286: 2277: 2270:P. xanthopus 2269: 2268: 2259: 2250: 2242:P. burbidgei 2241: 2232: 2224: 2223: 2205: 2193: 2184: 2176:O. bernardus 2175: 2166: 2154: 2143:O. unguifera 2142: 2133: 2113: 2101: 2092: 2083: 2074: 2065: 2056: 2047: 2037:Notamacropus 2035: 2024:M. giganteus 2023: 2014: 2002: 1990: 1981: 1963:Lagorchestes 1961: 1950:D. vanheurni 1949: 1940: 1928: 1916: 1907: 1898: 1889: 1877: 1865: 1857:D. stellarum 1856: 1847: 1838: 1829: 1820: 1811: 1803:D. matschiei 1802: 1794:D. lumholtzi 1793: 1784: 1775: 1766: 1757: 1737: 1726:L. fasciatus 1725: 1715:Lagostrophus 1713: 1693:Macropodidae 1650: 1648: 1640:Distoechurus 1639: 1638: 1626: 1614: 1589: 1581:P. coronatus 1580: 1571: 1562: 1553: 1541: 1530:P. schlegeli 1529: 1520: 1511: 1502: 1493: 1484: 1475: 1467:P. canescens 1466: 1454: 1442: 1430: 1418: 1408:Petropseudes 1406: 1394: 1385: 1376: 1356: 1344: 1334:Hemibelideus 1332: 1307: 1298: 1290:P. breviceps 1289: 1281:P. biacensis 1280: 1272:P. australis 1271: 1262: 1250: 1238: 1226: 1214: 1205: 1196: 1187: 1177:Dactylopsila 1175: 1151:T. rostratus 1150: 1138: 1130:Tarsipedidae 1113: 1104: 1096:C. concinnus 1095: 1086: 1074: 1062: 1050: 1017: 1005: 994:T. vulpecula 993: 984: 975: 966: 957: 937: 925: 916: 906:Strigocuscus 904: 892: 884:S. rufoniger 883: 875:S. papuensis 874: 866:S. maculatus 865: 856: 844: 832: 823: 814: 805: 796: 787: 778: 769: 760: 751: 742: 733: 724: 712: 700: 692:A. melanotis 691: 671: 605: 597:L. latifrons 596: 584: 572: 560: 527: 515: 402:. Retrieved 388: 382: 376: 337: 307: 297:Distoechurus 296: 295: 292:only species 289: 280: 268: 265:Distribution 233: 232: 228: 226: 195: 193: 177: 176: 158:Distoechurus 157: 156: 123:Infraclass: 18: 2994:diprotodont 2855:iNaturalist 2775:Wikispecies 2657:P. longipes 2598:B. gaimardi 2555:Aepyprymnus 2395:P. sharmani 2350:P. inornata 2341:P. herberti 2260:P. wilkinsi 2251:P. concinna 2185:O. robustus 2134:O. fraenata 2115:Onychogalea 2057:N. dorsalis 1991:L. hirsutus 1941:D. macleayi 1930:Dorcopsulus 1917:D. muelleri 1908:D. luctuosa 1767:D. dorianus 1739:Dendrolagus 1651:D. pennatus 1627:A. pygmaeus 1606:Acrobatidae 1572:P. corinnae 1512:P. larvatus 1485:P. cinereus 1358:Petauroides 1299:P. gracilis 1197:D. palpator 1188:D. megalura 1087:C. caudatus 1076:Cercartetus 1034:Burramyidae 939:Trichosurus 857:S. kraemeri 846:Spilocuscus 833:P. vestitus 824:P. sericeus 770:P. matabiru 761:P. lullulae 743:P. gymnotis 657:(including 606:L. krefftii 586:Lasiorhinus 528:P. cinereus 479:Marsupialia 477:Infraclass 404:12 November 259:Acrobatidae 243:Acrobatidae 147:Acrobatidae 127:Marsupialia 3041:Categories 2645:(potoroos) 2625:B. tropica 2607:B. lesueur 2586:(bettongs) 2545:Potoroidae 2529:W. bicolor 2487:T. lanatus 2478:T. calabyi 2368:P. mareeba 2332:P. godmani 2249:Nabarlek ( 2156:Osphranter 2066:N. eugenii 1866:D. ursinus 1848:D. scottae 1821:D. notatus 1785:D. inustus 1699:(includes 1590:P. cupreus 1563:P. archeri 1494:P. forbesi 1167:Petauridae 1105:C. lepidus 967:T. caninus 893:S. wilsoni 806:P. ornatus 788:P. mimicus 779:P. matanim 701:A. ursinus 573:V. ursinus 544:Vombatidae 312:References 290:It is the 247:West Papua 2579:Bettongia 2505:T. thetis 2469:T. brunii 2460:T. browni 2432:Thylogale 2207:Petrogale 2093:N. parryi 2048:N. agilis 1899:D. hageni 1890:D. atrata 1879:Dorcopsis 1846:Tenkile ( 1839:D. spadix 1812:D. mbaiso 1810:Dingiso ( 1701:wallabies 1679:Suborder 1616:Acrobates 1521:P. mayeri 1476:P. caroli 1395:P. volans 1063:B. parvus 714:Phalanger 638:(possums) 634:Suborder 550:(wombats) 493:Suborder 239:marsupial 172:Species: 93:Kingdom: 87:Eukaryota 2925:11000171 2873:10232378 2760:Wikidata 2638:Potorous 2614:Woylie ( 2605:Boodie ( 2518:Wallabia 2417:Quokka ( 2240:Monjon ( 2194:O. rufus 2084:N. parma 2004:Macropus 1419:P. dahli 1386:P. minor 1263:P. abidi 1252:Petaurus 1206:D. tatei 1140:Tarsipes 1114:C. nanus 1052:Burramys 673:Ailurops 659:cuscuses 562:Vombatus 473:Mammalia 467:Chordata 461:Animalia 459:Kingdom 357:62265494 331:(2005). 286:Taxonomy 143:Family: 117:Mammalia 107:Chordata 103:Phylum: 97:Animalia 83:Domain: 60:IUCN 3.1 3062:Possums 2912:1000333 2847:2440108 2766:Q782785 2408:Setonix 2075:N. irma 1819:Ifola ( 526:Koala ( 465:Phylum 450:species 446:Extant 206:, 1874) 153:Genus: 133:Order: 113:Class: 58: ( 2964:234547 2951:852215 2886:609846 2834:129547 1007:Wyulda 471:Class 355:  345:  204:Peters 166:, 1874 164:Peters 2996:is a 2938:38614 2868:IRMNG 2860:42717 2821:36Y2R 2808:81091 2998:stub 2933:NCBI 2899:6765 2894:IUCN 2881:ITIS 2842:GBIF 2803:BOLD 406:2021 389:2016 353:OCLC 343:ISBN 304:Food 249:and 227:The 2920:MSW 2907:MDD 2829:EoL 2816:CoL 2790:ADW 393:doi 261:. 3043:: 2961:: 2948:: 2935:: 2922:: 2909:: 2896:: 2883:: 2870:: 2857:: 2844:: 2831:: 2818:: 2805:: 2792:: 2777:: 2762:: 2310:: 2274:: 2229:: 387:. 381:. 365:^ 351:. 320:^ 300:. 3029:e 3022:t 3015:v 3004:. 2714:) 2677:) 2668:) 2659:) 2627:) 2618:) 2609:) 2600:) 2568:) 2531:) 2507:) 2498:) 2489:) 2480:) 2471:) 2462:) 2453:) 2421:) 2397:) 2388:) 2379:) 2370:) 2361:) 2352:) 2343:) 2334:) 2325:) 2316:) 2298:) 2289:) 2280:) 2262:) 2253:) 2244:) 2235:) 2196:) 2187:) 2178:) 2169:) 2145:) 2136:) 2104:) 2095:) 2086:) 2077:) 2068:) 2059:) 2050:) 2026:) 2017:) 1993:) 1984:) 1952:) 1943:) 1919:) 1910:) 1901:) 1892:) 1868:) 1859:) 1850:) 1841:) 1832:) 1823:) 1814:) 1805:) 1796:) 1787:) 1778:) 1769:) 1760:) 1728:) 1703:) 1653:) 1629:) 1592:) 1583:) 1574:) 1565:) 1556:) 1532:) 1523:) 1514:) 1505:) 1496:) 1487:) 1478:) 1469:) 1445:) 1421:) 1397:) 1388:) 1379:) 1347:) 1310:) 1301:) 1292:) 1283:) 1274:) 1265:) 1241:) 1217:) 1208:) 1199:) 1190:) 1153:) 1116:) 1107:) 1098:) 1089:) 1065:) 1020:) 996:) 987:) 978:) 969:) 960:) 928:) 919:) 895:) 886:) 877:) 868:) 859:) 835:) 826:) 817:) 808:) 799:) 790:) 781:) 772:) 763:) 754:) 745:) 736:) 727:) 703:) 694:) 661:) 608:) 599:) 575:) 530:) 439:e 432:t 425:v 408:. 395:: 379:" 375:" 359:. 231:( 202:( 62:)

Index


Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Marsupialia
Diprotodontia
Acrobatidae
Distoechurus
Peters
Binomial name
Peters

marsupial
Acrobatidae
West Papua
Papua New Guinea
feathertail glider
Acrobatidae
Papua New Guinea
only species


Groves, C. P.
Wilson, D. E.

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