makes chewing and drinking in the forest. The striped possum is one of the least known marsupials. The species is not considered to be threatened. Footnotes References Drury, Susan (1981) Native Animals of Australia. Macmillan Pocket Guide. Macmillan Company of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria. . Marlow, Basil (1981). Marsupials of Australia. Amended edition. First published in 1962. Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, Western Australia. Ryan, Michelle and Chris Burwell, editors (2000). Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. . External links rainforest-australia.com/striped_possum.htm animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu Possums Marsupials of Australia Marsupials of New Guinea Mammals of Indonesia Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Queensland Mammals of Western New Guinea Least concern biota of Oceania Mammals described in 1858 Taxa named by John Edward Gray