How big do I get?  20cm body length and my big bushy tail is up to 20cm too!
 

What do I eat?  I am carnivorous - I like spiders, insects, birds, nectar and small mammals 🕷️
 

Where do I live? I prefer to live in open, dry schlerophyll forest with little ground cover. I forage for food on the ground and in the trees.

Where do I sleep? Nesting sites are made in low hollow trees. 
 

Other fun facts:

When I get upset I have been known to thump my front paws and rattle my bushy tail in the air to warn predators that I have attitude. 

Threats

• Loss and fragmentation of habitat.

• Loss of hollow-bearing trees.

• Predation by foxes and cats 🐈

• Competition for nesting hollows with the introduced honeybee 🐝

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TRACKS: This is what my tracks look like!

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