Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus)
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Description: Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
EDGE :: Mammal Species Information The mountain pygmy possum is a highly unusual marsupial that was known only from fossilised material until its discovery in 1966 at a ski resort in Victoria. It is the largest of Australia’s five pygmy possums, and is one of the longest living small terrestrial mammal known (females can reach an age of more than 12 years). Reliant on winter snow-fall for its annual hibernation, this tiny possum has been forced higher up into the mountains by rising temperatures caused by global warming. Here this tiny possum clings to survival as the downhill skiing industry has all but destroyed its last remaining stronghold.
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