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Honey possum
Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Tarsipedidae
Genus : Tarsipes
Facts about the genus Tarsipes, the honey possum
) The Honey Possum is mainly nocturnal but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather.
Australia's Mini Marsupials, the numbat, the chuditch, the wowly and the honey possum, are under threat of extinction.
The aboriginal name for Honey Possum is the noolbenger.
Tarsipes is thought to be promiscuous. (Full text)
) The Honey Possum is mainly nocturnal but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather. (Full text)
ticon { position:relative; border:1 solid gray; top:-18; left:46; } MultimediafromEncartaAustralian Honey PossumThe Australian honey possum is one of the only mammal species, other than bats, known to eat nectar and pollen as the mainstay of its diet. (Full text)
Honey Possum are found in the areas in the shaded part of the map at the bottom of the page. (Full text)
tarsipes is distinguished from its descendant, T. (Full text)
Now, in an extraordinary case of nature meets nuclear science, samples from the honey possum are about to be bombarded with electrically-charged atoms travelling nearly two hundred thousand times faster than a jet aircraft. (Full text)
The Honey Possum is of particular interest to Professor Bradshaw because of its low reproductive rate which puts it on the ‘soon to be’ endangered list. (Full text)
) The Honey Possum is mainly nocturnal but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather. (Full text)
) The Honey Possum is mainly nocturnal but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather. (Full text)
· The honey possum is the sole species within the family Tarsipedidae. (Full text)
Because the honey possum is so small and light-weighted, it can climb out onto very slender branches in order to feed. (Full text)
The numbat and honey possum are mammals that have been recorded only in Western Australia. (Full text)
) The Honey Possum is mainly nocturnal but will come out to feed during daylight in cooler weather. (Full text)