Animals

Breeds October-March. Pairs mate for life choosing walls and ceilings of buildings or hollow trees or dense foliage for their bulky nests.

Breeds September-December. Builds a cup-shaped nest in introduced trees.

Breeding season: throughout the year. Females lay 100-150 pigmented eggs usually found singly or in small groups often attached to submerged vegetation.

Similar to Fat-tailed Dunnart. Shelters in hollow logs or under grass tussocks or rocks. Sometimes shelters in groups overnight and in winter. Female may live to breed a second year but the male usually dies after mating. This species appears to benefit from periodic burning of its habitat.

Nocturnal. Sleeps in tree hollows or similar protected places, including ceilings of buildings. The most abundant Australian possum, often living with humans. Can live for 11 years in the wild. Starts breeding at 1 year of age, with usually a single young born. The mother needs to take care of the young for at least 7 months.

Lives alone for most of the year. Viviparous (live young). Females produce up to 25 live young which are self sufficient and disperse after a few days. Possess a Jacobson's Organ on the roof of the mouth which is used to detect chemicals emitted from prey.

Breeds September-December. Builds a cup-shaped nest of grasses bound with mud in a tree, shrub, low bush or tree hollow. Competes with native birds.

Breeding season: August to November, however can breed at any time. Clutch size is one to three. They nest in isolated pairs or in small, scattered colonies. Nest is a bulky cup of sticks, lined with softer material, which is placed in the fork of a tree branch usually close to the trunk. The female incubates the eggs while the male hunts for food.

Breeding season: July to November, however varies with rainfall. Clutch size is three to four.

A fast moving slug that is a pest of crop and garden plants. Can breed year-round whenever conditions are suitable. Lifespan of one year. The use of pesticides to control pest slugs to protect crops (especially canola crops) could affect the Golden Sun Moth and other native invertebrates.