Common Name
Common Brushtail Possum
APC
Lower Risk (Least Concern)
Comment
Very common and widesprea
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Possibly increasing
Overall distribution
Widespread in Australia
Local distribution
Widespread in dry and wet eucalypt forest and rainforest. Common in urban areas
Known location
Southport, Runaway Bay, Labrador, Eagleby, Tallebudgera Valley, Pimpama, Coombabah, Coomera, Edens L
Other locality
A very common and widespread animal that appears to benefit from human disturbance. It is generally more common in farmland, bushy urban areas and fragmented forests than in large intact forests.
General ecology
Eucalypt forest and woodland, farmland, parks, gardens.
Specific ecology
Hollows for nesting. In urban areas building cavities are used.
