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Pygmy Possum
Scientists believe they have found a new undocumented mammal -- a
pygmy possum -- in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, a conservation group said.
During an expedition to Papua's Foja Mountains in June, Conservation
International (CI) and Indonesian scientists documented the Cercartetus pygmy possum, one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a Mallomys giant rat, the conservation group said in a statement.
Both mammals are currently under study and are apparently new to science, it said.
Scientists from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and CI discovered
dozens of new plants and animals on their first trip to the region, described as a "Lost World", in late 2005.
The Foja Wilderness is part of the great Mamberamo Basin, the largest
unroaded tropical forest in the Asia Pacific region.
With 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of tropical forests and
some of the richest bio-diversity in the world, Papua is considered the
country's last rainforest frontier. But it is under threat from increased
cutting and clearing for palm oil plantations as well as rampant illegal
logging.
Length: 54
Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings)
Tags: new possum species is found in Indonesia pygmy
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cats watch mamma possum drop her baby from a tree
I found a momma possum with 2 babies in her belly perambulating around my back yard together with my 3 cats. The momma possum climbs up a tree and drops one of her babies. I rescued the baby possum and took it to a possum rescue place, gave him a name "Marvin, the marsupial" and got him a registration number which I checked days later to see if he was ok: he is doing great!
Length: 180
Rating: 3.70 (31 ratings)
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friendly possum 1
I got this guy to hop up on my leg while eating his first Possum Treat. The poor fellow must have gotten into a fight recently with the other possums as he's missing a strip of fur on his head.
Length: 80
Rating: 3.60 (8 ratings)
Tags: Australia Queensland Brisbane Fairfield possum
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