RarelyseenandoncethoughttobeextinctVictorianStatefaunalemblemtheLeadbeatersPossumisnowondisplayatMelbourneMuseum.NamedafterMuseumVictoriasfirsttaxidermistJohnLeadbeaterwhopreparedthefirstspecimenin1867thetinyLeadbeatersPossumGymnobelideusleadbeateriisanocturnalmarsupialthatwasthoughttobeextinctforthefirsthalfofthe20thCentury.2011isthe50thanniversaryoftheLeadbeatersrediscoverynearMarysvillein1961.