Trichosurus vulpecula

Familia: Phalangeridae
Subfamilia: Trichosurinae
Genus: Trichosurus
Species: Trichosurus vulpecula

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

• Didelphis vulpecula Kerr, 1792
• Phalangista cookii (G. Cuvier, 1824)
• Phalangista cuvieri (Waterhouse, 1841)
• Phalangista felina (Wagner, 1842)
• Phalangista fuliginosa (Ogilby, 1831)
• Phalangista hypoleucus (Wagner, 1855)
• Phalangista melanura (Wagner, 1842)
• Phalangista selma (Gervais, 1847)
• Phalangista xanthopus (Ogilby, 1831)
• Phalangista fuliginosa grisea (Gray, 1841)
• Trichurus vulpecula eburacensis Lönnberg, 1916
• Trichurus vulpecula mesurus Thomas, 1926
• Trichurus vulpecula raui Finlayson, 1963
• Trichurus vulpecula ruficollis Schwarz, 1909
• Didelphis lemurina (Shaw, 1800)
• Didelphis novaehollandiae (Bechstein, 1800)
• Didelphis tapouaru (F. Meyer, 1793)

• Trichosurus vulpecula in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom 1: 198.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr, 1792 (Least Concern)

• Clark, J.M.; Heath, D.D.; Stankiewicz, M. 1997: The ectoparasites of brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 24(2): 199–204. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9518114 PDF
• Clout, M.N.; Gaze, P.D. 1984: Brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) in a New Zealand beech (Nothofagus) forest. New Zealand journal of ecology, 7: 147–155. abstract and pdf
• Glen, A.S. et al. 2012: Ecology of brushtail possums in a New Zealand dryland ecosystem. New Zealand journal of ecology, 36(1): 29–37. abstract and pdf

• NZOR (demonstration website)

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