Video shows a series of Snapchat stories taken by an Australian man documenting an adorable possum which spent days at a time living in his kitchen cabinet.

The hilarious clips include the man bringing his unlikely friend gifts from a holiday in Japan and the dramatic moment the man playfully puts up a "Lost and Found" sign after he discovered the possum was missing.

The filmer told Newsflare: "This is in our granny flat, and we rarely use this kitchen, so we didn't worry about getting rid of it."

The footage was captured over a series of months, from late 2016 to March 2017 in a Sydney home.

A series of snapchats I took of a possum that would spend its days in the cabinet above our downstairs oven ventilation. This is in our granny flat, and we rarely use this kitchen, so we didn't worry about getting rid of it.