Common Ringtail Possum

Closest Relatives at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
2	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
3	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
4	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
5	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
6	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
7	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
8	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
9	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
10	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
11	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Ringtail Possum in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

About 24% of visitor-days record a Common Ringtail Possum sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Ringtail Possum in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Common Ringtail Possum in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in our monthly data.