Leadbeater’s Possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867
John Leadbeater (1831–1888) was Chief Taxidermist at the National Museum, Melbourne, Australia, from 1858. His claim to fame is that
he stuffed the first known specimen of this possum, which had been found in forests near Melbourne. The species was thought to have
become extinct in the early 20th century but was then rediscovered in 1961. It now appears on the coat of arms of the state of Victoria. Still endangered, the possum is restricted to pockets of mountain ash forests in the highlands of Victoria, Australia