mammals mammals

1 Callithrix jacchus Common Marmoset 2 Didelphis virginiana Virginia Opossum 3 Trichosurus vulpecula Common Brushtail Possum 4 Pteropus poliocephalus Grey-headed Flying-fox 4 5 Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider 6 Phascolarctos cinereus Koala 6 7 7 Phascolarctos cinereus Koala (juvenile) 2 3 8 Sciurus vulgaris Eurasian Red Squirrel 9 Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating Macaque 1 5 10 Pseudocheirus peregrinus Eastern Ring-tailed Possum 11 Petauroides volans Southern Greater Glider 12 Phascogale tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascogale 13 Cercartetus nanus Eastern Pygmy Possum 9 13 14 Manis javanica Sunda Pangolin 8 15 Sciurus vulgaris Eurasian Red Squirrel 16 Galago senegalensis Senegal Bushbaby 17 Tarsipes rostratus Honey Possum 10 11 28 18 Melomys cervinipes Fawn-footed Melomys 26 19 Petaurus breviceps Sugar Glider 20 Burramys parvus Mountain Pygmy-possum 48 GLIDERS 25 21 Hydromys chrysogaster Water Rat 17 22 Antechinus mimetes Mainland Dusky Antechinus Petauroides volans Southern Greater 24 14 23 Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Antechinus Gliders are one of five gliding possum 19 24 Pseudocheirus peregrinus Eastern Ring-tailed Possum species found in the New England 16 25 Nyctophilus geo!royi Lesser Long-eared Bat region; the other four are Petaurus 20 26 Nyctophilus geo!royi Lesser Long-eared Bat 25 australis Yellow-bellied Glider, Acrobates 18 29 27 Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat 28 Vespadelus regulus Southern Forest Bat pygmaeus Feather-tailed Glider, Petaurus 22 5 31 32 29 Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus breviceps Sugar Glider (above) and 15 21 23 Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider. 35 30 Tachyglossus aculeatus Short-beaked Echidna 31 Mustela erminea Ermine All but the Yellow-bellied Glider can be 38 30 32 Mustela erminea Ermine seen here in the Museum – can you 33 34 36 37 33 Sylvilagus palustris Marsh Rabbit find them? 42 34 Sorex araneus Common Shrew 45 35 Talpa europaea European Mole Gliding in mammals has evolved six 36 Tamias striatus Eastern Chipmunk times, and three of these evolutionary 37 Erinaceus europaeus West European Hedgehog 46 events can be seen among New 38 Sminthopsis macroura Stripe-faced Dunnart 41 England Gliders. Sugar and Squirrel 39 39 Mephitis mephitis Striped Skunk 43 40 Atilax paludinosus Marsh Mongoose Gliders are ‘wrist-winged’ Gliders, 47 41 Lutra lutra European Otter because the gliding membrane called 42 Canis familiaris Dingo (juvenile) ‘patagium’, is attached to the forearm 44 43 Perameles nasuta Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot at the wrist. Greater Gliders have an 40 44 Perameles nasuta Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot elbow attachment, while the tiny 45 Sarcophilus harrisii Tasmanian Devil Feather-tailed Glider has ‘elbow and 46 Dasyurus viverrinus Eastern Quoll knee’ attachment points. The smaller 47 Dasyuroides byrnei Kowari 48 Acrobates pygmaeus Feather-tailed Gliders gliders are sap and nectar feeders, DID YOU KNOW...? while the Greater Glider is a leaf-eater. Gliding helps all of these possums move e!ciently through the forest in search The Dasyurus viverrinus Eastern Quoll 46 is a solitary of food. predator, hunting at night for its prey of insects, small mammals, birds, and reptiles. They are widespread in Tasmania but have been considered extinct on the mainland since the 1960s. E"orts are being made to reintroduce them.

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