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title: "Eastern Ring-tailed Possum"
description: "Pseudocheirus peregrinus — Mammiferi. The common ringtail possum is an Australian marsupial."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-ring-tailed-possum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Ring-tailed Possum

> Pseudocheirus peregrinus — Mammiferi. The common ringtail possum is an Australian marsupial.

- Scientific name: *Pseudocheirus peregrinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 16284
- Wikidata: [Q928390](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928390)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42775](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42775)

## Names

- en: Eastern Ring-tailed Possum
- de: Östlicher Ringelschwanzbeutler
- es: Falangero de cola anillada
- fr: Opossum à queue en anneau
- nl: Oostelijke koeskoes
- pl: Pseudopałanka wędrowna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (14853)

## Summary

The common ringtail possum is an Australian marsupial.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum

## Photo

![Eastern Ring-tailed Possum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-ring-tailed-possum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Youdale · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132900962

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-ring-tailed-possum?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).