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--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER PHALANGERIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Phalangeroidea
--> FAMILY Phalangeridae
--> SUBFAMILY Phalangerinae
--> TRIBE Trichosurini
--> GENUS Trichosurus
SPECIES Trichosurus caninus
Author: | Ogilby, 1835. | Actual Date: | 1836 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 191. | Common Name: | Short-eared Possum | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River. | Distribution: | Australia: C Queensland (near Gladstone) south to C New South Wales, and possibly to the Victorian border (Lindenmayer et al., 2002). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | Comments: | What were previously thought to be populations of this species in Victoria have been shown to be a separate species, T. cunninghami (Lindemayer et al., 2002). The species and T. cunninghami are together sometimes known as Bobuck; Lindemayer et al. (2002) suggested new vernacular names to distinguish them. |
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