Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's book, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", which was adapted into the musical "Cats". Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, specialize in petty theft and mischief. In Eliot's original poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer", they are depicted knocking over Ming vases and stealing items from their human family. Mungojerrie is also mentioned in the poem "Macavity, the Mystery Cat", where he is rumoured to be one of Macavity's agents. They live at Victoria Grove in Kensington, England. In Eliot's original poem, Rumpelteazer is suggested to be a
Mountain pygmy possum the mountain pygmy possum populations include habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, predation by feral cats and red foxes, and threats to the Bogong moth. The construction of ski resorts in the alpine regions in which the mountain pygmy possums inhabit has been one of the greatest factors attributed to population decline. At Mount Higginbotham, a major road constructed to the Mount Hotham ski resort prevented male mountain pygmy possums from migrating to the female nesting sites during the breeding season. This physical barrier was noted to markedly increase winter mortality in the Mount Higginbotham population. In response to this,