Species profile—Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum) → Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums, Cuscuses & Scaly-tailed Possum)
- Scientific name
- Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)
- Common name
- common brushtail possum
- WildNet taxon ID
- 859
- Synonym(s)
- Trichosurus arnhemensis
Trichosurus vulpecula johnstoni
Trichosurus vulpecula johnsoni
Trichosurus vulpecula eburacensis
Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula filiginosus
Trichosurus filiginosus
Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis - Alternate name(s)
- brushtail possum
northern brushtail possum
silver-grey possum - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData 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=859
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
