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title: "Leadbeater's Possum"
description: "Gymnobelideus leadbeateri — Mammals. Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/leadbeater-s-possum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leadbeater's Possum

> Gymnobelideus leadbeateri — Mammals. Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne.

- Scientific name: *Gymnobelideus leadbeateri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 66
- Wikidata: [Q301042](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301042)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42742](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42742)

## Names

- en: Leadbeater's Possum
- de: Hörnchenbeutler
- es: Falangero de los Montes Yarra
- nl: Buideleekhoorn

## Countries with the most observations

AU (58)

## Summary

Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne. In June 2025 it was reported that an image of a sole possum was recorded on a camera trap in October 2024 near Yarrangobilly Caves, Southern NSW, within the Kosciuszko National Park. It is primitive, relict, and non-gliding, and, as the only species in the petaurid genus Gymnobelideus, represents an ancestral form. Formerly, Leadbeater's possums were moderately common within the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbeater%27s_possum

## Photo

![Leadbeater's Possum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leadbeater-s-possum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243153522

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/leadbeater-s-possum?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).