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What type of animal is the brush tailed possum?

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Many possums live in the Great Dividing Range in Australia. Species include the following, but the list is by no means exhaustive: * Common Brush-tailed possum * Ringtail possum * Mountain pygmy possum * Leadbeater's possum * Greater glider * Lesser glider * Feathertail glider * Sugar glider * Squirrel glider * Yellow-bellied glider


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The correct name for the "brush tailed rat-kangaroo" is the Brush tailed Bettong, as the bettong is a type of rat-kangaroo. Also known as the woylie, this animal is a native marsupial of Australia, Reasons for it being classed as endangered include competition with introduced grazing animals, habitat destruction, the spread of agricultural development, changed fire regimes with the loss of aboriginal habitation, and the introduced red fox and feral cats.


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