Thornton Peak is also home to the Daintree River ringtail possum, which is almost wholly restricted to the Daintree catchment.

Lemuroid ringtail possums are found in just two locations, at the Carbine Tablelands in the Daintree and in the Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns, though white lemuroids are extremely rare in ...

Among them is one of Queensland's most recognisable animals — the Herbert River ringtail possum, the logo of the state's Parks and Wildlife Service worn on the uniforms of its rangers.

Thornton Peak is also home to the Daintree River ringtail possum, which is almost ­wholly restricted to the ­Daintree catchment.

'Extinct' brown lemuroid ringtail possum back from the dead A POSSUM population believed to have been wiped out by climate change is in fact clinging to survival, scientists say.

With just three teeth — but weighing 500 kilograms — Scarface the crocodile has been the king of his river home for two decades. His disappearance has an admirer worried.

Last December, the Australian lemuroid ringtail possum was widely reported as the first possible extinction casualty of climate change . But last week it rose from the dead with ecologists ...

SCIENTISTS believe the white lemuroid ringtail possum is Australia’s first mammal on the brink of extinction under global warming.

A possum population believed to have been wiped out by climate change is in fact clinging to survival, scientists say. Researchers say they have discovered three living brown lemuroid ringtail ...