Scaly-tailed Possum
Wyulda squamicaudata Alexander, 1918
Also calledCuscús de Cola Escamosa (spa) · Falangero de cola escamosa (spa) · Pałanka łuskoogonowa (pol) · Phalanger a queue écailleuse (fra) · Possum à queue écailleuse (fra) · Possum-de-cauda-escamosa (por) · Schubstaartkoesoe (nld) · Schuppenschwanzkusu (deu) · Schuppenschwanzpossum (deu) · Skjellhalepungrev (nob) · kusanka łuskoogonowa (pol) · kuskus šupinoocasý (ces) · suomuhäntäkusu (fin) · Чешуехвостый кускус (rus)
First described in: J. R. Soc. West. Aust. vol.(1917-1918), 4 p.31
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: U. S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Order Diprotodontia
discussion
Discussion: Provisionally placed in Trichosurus by Flannery et al. (1987).
Order Diprotodontia
discussion
COMMENTS: Provisionally placed in Trichosurus by Flannery et al. (1987).
Order Diprotodontia
activity
Activity patterns. The Scaly-tailed Possum is nocturnal, resting during the day alone in one of several dens (up to 500 m apart) within rocky piles, sunken rock piles, under large rock slabs, or in underground rock crevices. In some locations, they are sympatric with the Rock Ring-tailed Possum (Petropseudes dahlit) and may compete for den sites. At night Scaly-tailed Possums are solitary and forage alone. They are agile climbers that can leap 1 m between branches and use their prehensile tails to grasp tree branches, allowing them to hang vertically in the air while feeding on foliage located below.
Phalangeridae
In the stacks
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Every page naming Wyulda squamicaudata in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440239.