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	Honey Possum
		Like the kangaroo, the female honey possum can keep her fertilized eggs in a dormant state so that a second litter can be born as soon as the first is out of the pouch and weaned.
		The honey possum’s name is misleading: it is only distantly related to the possum and does not eat honey.
		Honey possums huddle in groups to keep worm and conserve their energy during cold weather.
	wonderclub.com /Wildlife/mammals/honey_possum.htm (588 words)

	Possum
		Possums are small marsupials with brown or grey fur, ranging in size from the length of a finger (pygmy possums and sugar gliders), to the length of a forearm (brushtails and ringtails).
		All possums are nocturnal and omnivorous[?], hiding in a nest in a hollow tree during the day and coming out during the night to forage for food.
		The Common Brushtail and Common Ringtail[?] possums are both frequently found in urban areas, often being considered pests because of their habit of eating fruit, vegetables, flowers and tender young shoots from gardens, and nesting in roofs.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Possum.html (411 words)

	Honey Possum
		Like the kangaroo, the female honey possum can keep her fertilized eggs in a dormant state so that a second litter can be born as soon as the first is out of the pouch and weaned.
		The honey possum’s name is misleading: it is only distantly related to the possum and does not eat honey.
		Honey possums huddle in groups to keep worm and conserve their energy during cold weather.
	www.wonderclub.com /Wildlife/mammals/honey_possum.htm (588 words)

	Honey Possum
		The honey possum dwells on tree and shrub heaths and is an active, nimble climber.
		genus Tarsipes- -: Tarsipes,Tarsipes spencerae, Honey possum, Noolbenger,
		Honey Brook Scuba Diving:...include the nectar-drinking honey-possum, the quenda and the...
	specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/H/Honey_Possum.shtml (1682 words)

	Ladywildlife's Honey Possum Page
		The honey possum is a tiny marsupial that feeds at night on a diet of nectar and pollen.
		Like the kangaroo, the female honey possum can keep her fertilized eggs in a dormant state so that a second little can be born as soon as the first is out of the pouch and weaned.
		Honey possums huddle in groups to keep warm and conserve their energy during cold weather.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/honeypossum.html (786 words)

	ADW: Tarsipes rostratus: Information
		The honey possum is greyish-brown with yellow to white underparts.
		During the nocturnal peak these possums are primarily involved in foraging, during which they maneuver quickly and nimbly through vegetation, using their tails for stability, and often congregate on the same flower or plant to feed.
		Honey possums have non-overlapping home ranges of about 2.5 acres, but females with young in their pouches have smaller, exclusive home ranges of 120 square yards.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Tarsipes_rostratus.html (1046 words)

	fast facts
		With chocolate brown eyes and a pointed nose, the honey possum is not a possum at all.
		Honey possums survive on a regular diet of sweets - nectar and pollen to be exact.
		As the honey possum uses its brush-tipped tongue to collect pollen, it also collects pollen on its furry coat.
	www.fernbank.edu /museum/press/australiafastfacts.html (717 words)

	Quantum - Honey Possum
		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.
		Here in Perth, honey possums were last seen in 1941.
		The tiny possums were injected with stable isotopes - oxygen 18 and a mixture of glycol and nitrogen 15.
	www.abc.net.au /quantum/s244451.htm (876 words)

	Murdoch University Digital Theses
		Honey possum males have the longest sperm (356µm) recorded for any mammaland the testes represent 4.2% body weight, amongst the largest recorded formammal species.
		Honey possums are essentially solitary animals, with no structured social unit, and male and female home ranges overlap.
		The length of pouch-life in the honey possum was 55-65 days, and the interval between litters of the same size varied between 65 and 100 days.
	wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au /adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050505.140613 (1258 words)

	Travels with Honey
		Honey was at a rescue kennel and they had just taken away all her pups because they were getting sick.
		Honey seems to have forgotten about her pups although she does tend to mother some puppies when she sees them - or maybe she just plain tries to boss young dogs around...
		If Honey and I are coming up to people on a walking path and Honey is kind of pulling toward them to say hi, I always say she's friendly as I guide her away.
	travelswithhoney.blogspot.com (2933 words)

	Possumstracks
		However coppery Brush-tail possums are found in the rainforest and on the east coast and in northern Western Australia.
		Brush-tail possums are approx 35cm-50 in their body length with a tail approx 25cm-40cms long and weigh approx 1.5kg-4kg.
		Possums can live in a nest called a den/ drey or in a hollow tree branch on the ground or in a tree hollow up in a tree.
	www.wildlifewa.com /tracks/possumtracks.html (999 words)

	Possums and Gliders
		The brushtail possum is the most familiar of Australia's possums and are found in most areas where there are open forests and woodlands.
		The honey possum is a tiny possum that lives in southwest Western Australia where it feeds only on nectar and pollen.
		The body length of the honey possum is only 6-8cm and they live in pairs or small groups.
	www.spacetrekkers.fcpages.com /possums.htm (663 words)

	ExactAntigen honey possum
		(1999) Field energetics and the estimation of pollen and nectar intake in the marsupial honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus, in heathland habitats of south-western Australia J Comp Physiol [B] 169:569-80.
		(1995) Cephalic morphology of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae); an obligate nectarivore J Morphol 223:303-23.
		(1989) An immunohistochemical study of gastrointestinal endocrine cells in a nectarivorous marsupial, the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) J Anat 162:157-68.
	www.exactantigen.com /taxonomy/animal/h/honey-possum.html (208 words)

	The Basics of Honey - Healthy Cooking - Care2.com
		The qualities of honey that make it useful in treating wounds, cuts and burns, are the same properties that make honey one of the best natural remedies for sore throats, coughs and general cold symptoms.
		Honey bees are social insects, with a marked division of labor between the various types of bees in the colony.
		Honey is good and it is good for you - it belongs in your medicine cabinet as well as your cupboard.
	www.care2.com /c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=48&pst=312163 (3663 words)

	Possum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Possums are small marsupials with brown or grey fur, ranging in size from the length of a finger (pygmy possums and wrist-winged gliders), to the length of a forearm (brushtails and ringtails).
		Possums are commonly found in suburban areas, where they are often considered pests owing to their habit of eating fruit, vegetables, flowers and tender young shoots from gardens, and nesting in roofs.
		Although the Common Brushtail and (to a lesser extent) ringtail possums have adapted well to the urban environment, many of the lesser-known species are reduced in number, threatened, or endangered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Possum (673 words)

	Australia: Land Beyond Time-Wildlife
		Honey possums survive on a regular diet of sweets--nectar and pollen to be exact.
		As the honey possum uses its brush-tipped tongue to collect pollen, it also collects pollen on its furry coat.
		This excess pollen is then carries to other flowers and plants, which helps keep at least one of the honey possum's food groups in bloom throughout the year.
	films.hmns.org /aussie/wildlife.htm (697 words)

	Science Show - 1/07/00: Honey Possum and Potoroos
		Researchers at the University of Western Australia are working on two endangered species, the honey possum and the potoroo.
		The honey possums are unusual in that their diet is entirely made up of nectar from flowers and also pollen.
		The last honey possum collected in the Perth metro area was in Shenton Park in 1941.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ss/stories/s146547.htm (1432 words)

	Pictures of the honey possum\|Tarsipes rostratus facts
		Honey possums are found in southwestern Australia, where they are still common in some areas.
		Honey possums are like kangaroos and wallabies in having an open birth canal.
		The common brushtail, western ringtail and honey possums are tree dwellers, sheltering in hollows that are formed in very old trees.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Diprotodontia/Tarsipedidae/Tarsipes/Tarsipes-rostratus.html (333 words)

	About Australian Possums
		He described an Australian common ringtail possum as "an animal of the Opossum tribe" based on their similar appearance.
		The possums are small to mid-sized, nocturnal, omnivorous, mostly arboreal and generally brown or gray.
		The 1st toe on hind feet is opposable, and the 2nd and 3rd toes are fused except for claws at the tip used for grooming.
	www.knowyoursto.com /diprodontia.html (197 words)

	Possum - BIRD
		A possum is any of about 25 small to medium-sized arboreal diprotodonts native to Australia and the islands to the north.
		Possums range in size from about half the size of a mouse (the Honey Possum of southwest Western Australia) to larger than a cat (the Common Brushtail, with several others only slightly smaller).
		To the superficial eye, possums have coped rather better with European colonisation than most other native mammal groups: the Common Brushtail and (to a lesser extent) Common Ringtail have adapted well to European settlement, and no possum species have become extinct in Australia since 1788.
	bird.net.au /bird/index.php?title=Possum (404 words)

	The Marsupial Museum - Possums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Possums are furry marsupials that live in the trees of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands.
		The brush-tailed possum, about 500mm long, lives in eastern Australian cities and raids fruit trees and garbage cans for food, being a pest to residents.
		The herbivorous, mouse-sized honey possum has a long, tube-shaped mouth and feeds on nectar and pollen.
	www.worldkids.net /critters/marsupials/possum.html (117 words)

	The ecology of visual pigment tuning in an Australian marsupial: the honey possum Tarsipes rostratus -- Sumner et al. ...
		for trichromatic honey possums and for hypothetical dichromats
		the absorption of honey possum L cones is equated).
		The tuning of the honey possum L cone is approximately aligned with the local peak of the immature radiance spectra - characteristic of chlorophyll.
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/208/10/1803 (8348 words)

	I, Science : Imperial College's science magazine
		Honey possums, tiny marsupials found only in Western Australia, have a special relationship with Banksia, acting as one of its prime pollinators.
		When they looked at the tuning of honey possum Opsins, they found that the long wave pigments are tuned to give the precisely the colour discrimination ability needed for this task.
		In fact, honey possums could have better overall colour discrimination ability if their cones had evolved to be sensitive to even longer wavelengths.
	www.union.ic.ac.uk /media/iscience/article_template_typ.php?articleid=2 (552 words)

	Tasmania PWS - Wildlife - Possums
		The possums are divided into three major families: the ringtail possums and gliders (Family Petauridae); the brushtail possums and cuscuses (Family Phalangeridae) and the pygmy possums and feathertail glider (Family Burramyidae).
		The fine details of the relationships between the possums is still unclear and no doubt new findings will result in changes to their classification.
		The Australian possums were so named because of their supposed similarity to the opossums of South America.
	www.parks.tas.gov.au /wildlife/mammals/possums.html (184 words)

	Opossum - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Individual defensive behavior is often based on threatening gestures that make an animal look larger or more dangerous than it actually is. Sometimes...
		Opossum : unrelated animals also called opossums or possums: brushtailed possum
		bandicoot, kangaroo, koala, opossum, phalanger, wallaby, wombat, Tasmanian devil, honey mouse, jerboa, marsupial frog, spotted-tailed quoll, bilby,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Opossum.html (154 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Kwongan heathlands (AA1205) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The mouse-sized honey possum gives birth to the smallest live young of any mammal, which weighs less than.0002 ounces (5 milligrams).
		Western pygmy possums feed on insects and nectar while honey possums eat only nectar--the only mammal in the world to do so except for some bats.
		The honey possum thrives in the Kwongan Heathlands habitat, where the abundant wildflowers mean that nectar is available year-round.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1205.html (475 words)

	Media Release
		Their ground-breaking research has used nuclear technology to measure the nectar and pollen intakes of free-ranging Honey possums in Scott National Park in the extreme south-west of WA.
		The Honey possum is of particular interest to Professor Bradshaw because of its relatively low reproductive rate, compared with other possums, which may be a result of its very unusual diet of banksia nectar with pollen being its sole source of protein and essential nitrogen.
		As a result he is able to move between laboratory and field research in the quest to establish the nutritional needs of the possum - for daily life and for successful reproduction.
	www.uwa.edu.au /media/statements/2000/02/20000223.html (279 words)

	About Possums and Gliders
		Possums are shy nocturnal animals that originally evolved in the rainforest, where many species still live.
		There is a wide range of sizes: from as small as a mouse to the size of a large cat.
		The female Honey Possum may become pregnant soon after giving birth, but this embryo will not develop further until the young are weaned.
	www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/zoo/possum.asp (338 words)

	Honey Possum Plush Toy by Hansa from Stuffe & Nonsense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This charming little mouse-like plush is a honey possum or "noolbenger".
		The Hansa plush is 10 inches long including the tail; real honey possums are considerably smaller.
		See larger views of Honey Possum Plush Toy by Hansa in a new window.
	www.stuffemal.com /hansa_stuffed_animals/honey_possum_2789.html (161 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Honey possum
		Honey possums are nocturnal and solitary, clambering around bushes in search of flowers such as Banksia and dryandras.
		The honey possum is the only survivor of a group of marsupials which diverged very early on from the ancestors of possums and kangaroos.
		It probably evolved about 20 million years ago when heathlands were more common in Australia, although the oldest fossils known are only 35,000 years old.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/655.shtml (525 words)

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