Brushtail possum

Taxobox
name = Brushtail possumsMSW3 Groves | pages = 49-50]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Phalangeridae
genus = "Trichosurus"
genus_authority = Lesson, 1828
type_species = "Didelphis vulpecula"
type_species_authority = Kerr, 1792
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Trichosurus arnhemensis"
*"Trichosurus caninus"
*"Trichosurus cunninghami"
*"Trichosurus johnstonii"
*"Trichosurus vulpecula"

The brushtail possums are the members of the genus "Trichosurus", a genus of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It contains the following species:

*Northern Brushtail Possum, "Trichosurus arnhemensis"
*Short-eared Possum, "Trichosurus caninus"
*Mountain Brushtail Possum, "Trichosurus cunninghami"
*Coppery Brushtail Possum, "Trichosurus johnstonii"
*Common Brushtail Possum, "Trichosurus vulpecula"

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