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Western pigmy possum
Cercartetus concinnus

Even the most conservative scientists call these tiny marsupials cute.
    This miniature possum has soft reddish-brown fur, large eyes, big soft ears and a long snout. Rarely larger than a mouse, it has a prehensile tail used for climbing and which is often curled.
   They are adapted to live among small branches and are nocturnal.
   They are widely spread through the south-west.
   The best time to see one, and you would have to be really lucky, is when the trees are in blossom as they like flowers and nectar, and insects.

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Information from Mammals of the South-West by Brent Johnson Brown and Carolyn Thomson. Published by the Department of Conservation and Land Management.