Nerve conduction study. A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a medical diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body.
Possums eat native trees and plants, berries, flowers, insects and snails. Rata, kamahi, tawa and pohutukawa are especially vulnerable to possum damage as these tree species are more palatable.They are also known to eat the eggs and chicks of native birds including the endangered kiwi, kukupa and kokako.ossums eat native trees and plants, berries, flowers, insects and snails. Rata, kamahi, tawa and pohutukawa are especially vulnerable to possum damage as these tree species are more palatable.
Pygmy possums range in length from about 5 to 12 cm (2.0 to 4.7 in), and usually weigh between 10 and 50 grams (0.35 and 1.76 oz). They are nocturnal and omnivorous, living on a diet of invertebrates, fruit, seed, nectar and pollen. They are excellent climbers, due in part to their prehensile tails.he two genera of pygmy possums are Burramys and Cercartetus. Burramys contains only one extant species, the mountain pygmy possum, B. parvus. As currently understood, Cercartetus consists of four extant species.