Mountain Pygmy-possums were thought to be extinct until they were rediscovered at Mt Hotham in the 1960s. There are fewer than 2,000 endangered Mountain Pygmy-possums left in the wild. The possum is Australia's only hibernating marsupial; it hibernates for up to seven months under the snow. There are three populations of Mountain Pygmy-possums.. The mountain pygmy possum is a small rodent-like marsupial. The mountain pygmy possum has an average weight of approximately 45 g and an average head and body length of 110 mm. [6] The species is sexually dimorphic, with males being slightly larger than females. They have large, forward pointing eyes and short pointed snouts.
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The Mountain Pygmy-possum Recovery in the Victorian Alps is a 5-year project focused on improving Mountain Pygmy-possum populations in Victoria. The project has come a long way, and on-ground works continued over the last year to protect possum populations in the North East. Find out more on the project review StoryMap.. This cutie - a mountain pygmy-possum - is our only true hibernating alpine marsupial. The species has become critically endangered due to habitat loss, fragmented subpopulations, bushfires, decline of its food (the bogong moth), impacts of climate change, and predation from ferals. After 10 years of planning and construction, a new breeding.
