Rare Australian Spotted Cuscus

[Jim Neiger]

Cape York, Australia - 1D3, 500mm+1.4xTC, handheld, 1/320, F5.6, ISO 1000, manual exposure

We photographed this rare nocturnal creature at night in the rainforest using a spotlight.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I've never seen this species before, thanks for sharing! Exposure and details look great. The eyes look quite unusual.

[Fabs Forns]

What a fascinating creature! The eyes seem to be divided vertically anad what a curly tail :)
Thanks for bringing him up.

[Ken Watkins]

Add me to the list of those who have never heard of this let alone seen a picture. Given the fact that is "cute", our education is clearly suffering a severe shortfall. Marvelous picture in what must have been difficult circumstances, congrratulations to the holder of your spotlight!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Jim,
It is a first time for me as well. Most of the nocturnal species like lemurs, slender loris etc have huge eyes. Good sharpness. Lot of details in the image. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Jim, great image, details & sharpness. I guess that getting one in such good view on the animal is the second part of the special nature of this image. I assume this was near Cairns: do you have location details ?

We were in the rainforest in the Iron Range NP. It was a very remote location in the northern part of Cape York.

[D. Robert Franz]

Hey Jim, Great image we did a lot of torching for nocturnals on our trip to OZ but never saw one of these.