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Albino possum

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Albino possum

Very rarely an albino possum is caught by a trapper. This one was captured in 1967 above Whitemans Valley, near Wellington.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1962/2312

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Gerard Hutching, Possums – Possums in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16883/albino-possum (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.