Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Tarsipedidae
Genus	Tarsipes (1)

Top facts

• The honey possum is a small, mouse-sized marsupial endemic to the woodlands of south-west Western Australia.
• Despite their name, honey possums don't actually eat honey, instead surviving on a diet of nectar and pollen.
• Honey possums have the smallest newborns, the largest testes relative to body size, and the largest sperm of any mammal.
• The honey possum is also known as the noolbenger in Australia.

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the honey possum is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact:
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1. IUCN Red List (May, 2010)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org