Description

Activity patterns. The Western Pygmy Possum is nocturnal, and during the day, it nests in various locations that provide camouflage and some protection from weather including tree hollows, sedges, debris piles, between dead inflorescences of Banksia, bases of large grass trees (Xanthorrhoea sp., Xanthorrhoeaceae) and Banksia, and canopies of eucalypts. They also nest on the ground at any time, primarily at bases oftrees; nesting in Banksia was recorded a month after flowering. Western Pygmy Possums also frequently nest within leaves of grass trees, on the ground under spinifex grass (7 riodia sp., Poaceae), under leaves of sedge (Lomandra sp., Asparagaceae), and trees and shrubs of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Diprotodontia

Family: Burramyidae

Genus: Cercartetus

Species: Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845)