Coppery Brushtail Possum

Coppery Brushtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Phalangeriformes
Family:	Phalangeridae
Subfamily:	Phalangerinae
Genus:	Trichosurus
Species:	T. johnstonii
Binomial name
Trichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888)

The Coppery Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. Coppery Brushtails are found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia.^[1][2] These mammals inhabit rainforest ecosystems, living within the tree canopy. Though they have a restricted distribution, they are locally common.^[1] This population is often considered a subspecies of T. vulpecula.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=11000088, retrieved 15 August 2009 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Trichosurus vulpecula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/40585. Retrieved 16 August 2009.