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Phalangeriformes

life science Maturity 5-7

Many small animals live in trees.

Sugar Gliders eating Mealworms.jpg
Sugar Gliders eating Mealworms.jpg
They are called possums and gliders. Some are very tiny. Others are big. They like to come out at night.
Ringtail Possum. Brisbane.jpg
Ringtail Possum. Brisbane.jpg
They eat plants and bugs. Do you like to look at animals at night?

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File:Eastern Pygmy Possum Pilliga Forest NSW.jpg
Eastern Pygmy Possum Pilliga Forest NSW.jpg
File:Ailurops ursinus Naemundung 2 North Sulawesi.jpg
Ailurops ursinus Naemundung 2 North Sulawesi.jpg
File:Southern Brown Cuscus, photo by CNZdenek & AJBurnett.jpg
Southern Brown Cuscus, photo by CNZdenek...
File:Phalanger maculatus (male) - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC03051.JPG
Phalanger maculatus (male) - Museo Civico...
File:Ringtail Possum. Brisbane.jpg
Ringtail Possum. Brisbane.jpg
File:PhalangistaHerbertensisSmit.jpg
PhalangistaHerbertensisSmit.jpg
File:Striped Possum JCB.jpg
Striped Possum JCB.jpg
File:Sugar Gliders eating Mealworms.jpg
Sugar Gliders eating Mealworms.jpg
File:Feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus (Tony Rees photograph).jpg
Feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus...
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