Macavity Macavity Macavity is a fictional character who is described in a poem in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", by T. S. Eliot. He also appears in "Cats", the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The name "Macavity" is a pun by T. S. Eliot, on the names of several characters from other works of literature : "Macheath," a supervillain who appears both in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", its sequel "Polly" and roughly 200 years later as Mack the Knife in "The Threepenny Opera" written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in 1928, "macuahuitl", the Aztec obsidian sword, and "Moriarty", the
Rock-haunting ringtail possum Plum ("Terminalia ferdinandiana"), and "Owenia vernicosa". Leaves eaten include "Flagelleria indica", "Pouteria sericea" and Vine Reedcane. Some known predators of the rock-haunting ringtail possum are the Dingo ("Canis lupus dingo"), the Oenpelli Python ("Morelia oenpelliensis"), the Olive Python ("Liasis olivaceous"), quolls ("Dasyurus" spp.), owls (Strigiformes), feral cats ("Felis catus"), domestic dogs ("Canis lupus familiaris") and humans ("Homo sapiens"). The rock-haunting ringtail possum spends a large amount of time participating in sentinel behaviour to avoid predators. It perches on branches or ledges and scans the area for danger. In an attempt to deter predators and to warn others, this possum beats