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--> SUPERFAMILY Phalangeroidea
--> FAMILY Phalangeridae
--> SUBFAMILY Phalangerinae
--> TRIBE Trichosurini
--> GENUS Trichosurus
SPECIES Trichosurus vulpecula
Author: | Kerr, 1792. | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1: 198. | Common Name: | Common Brushtail | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. | Distribution: | Australia: E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, SE and N South Australia, SW Western Australia; introduced to New Zealand (Wodzicki, 1950). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as T. v. hypoleuca, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Common, in many cities, lives commensally. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bougainvillei (J. B. Fischer, 1829) cookii (G. Cuvier, 1824) cuvieri (Waterhouse, 1841) eburacensis Lönnberg, 1916 felina (Wagner, 1842) fuliginosa (Ogilby, 1831) grisea (Gray, 1841) hypoleucus (Wagner, 1855) lemurina (Shaw, 1800) melanura (Wagner, 1842) mesurus Thomas, 1926 novaehollandiae (Bechstein, 1800) raui Finlayson, 1963 ruficollis Schwarz, 1909 selma (Gervais, 1847) tapouaru (F. Meyer, 1793) vulpina (F. Meyer, 1793) xanthopus (Ogilby, 1831)
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