Common ringtail possum
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| phylum | Chordata | The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers and fruits. The Ringtail Possum does not occur in New Zealand. This possum also consumes a special type of faeces that is produced during the daytime when it is resting in a nest. This behaviour is called coprophagia and is similar to that seen in rabbits.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | metatheria | |
| order | Diprotodontia | |
| family | Pseudocheiridae | |
| genus | Pseudocheirus | |
| species | P. peregrinus |
