Species profile—Trichosurus caninus (short-eared possum)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum) → Trichosurus caninus (short-eared possum)
Go to Photo gallery
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum)
- Scientific name
- Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1835)
- Common name
- short-eared possum
- Type reference
- Ogilby, W. (1835). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1835, Part III, 191-192.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 857
- Alternate name(s)
- bobuck
mountain brushtail possum - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=857
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
