MARSUPIALS

    BROOM'S PIGMY POSSUM:  Also called the mountain possum, the Broom's Pigmy Possum is listed as extremely endangered due to an extent of occurrence less than 5000 square kilometers, and a habitat that is poor in quality.  Pigmy possums are nocturnal, and play dead when threatened.  Most live in fragmented sub populations on the continent/island of Australia.
 
 

    NORTHERN HAIRY NOSED WOMBAT:  The Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat is classified as extremely endangered due to an extent of occurrence of less than 100 square kilometers.  There are only 50 mature individuals left in the wild.  All are living in an extremely fragmented population on the continent/island of Australia.