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Common brushtail possum
Trichosurus
-33.8729, 151.211
Field Notes
Description:
Silver-grey colour, large and pointed ears and bushy tail adapted to grasping branches, prehensile at the end with a hairless ventral patch, body length of 32–58 cm with a tail length of 24–40 cm, weighs 1.2-4.5 kg, males are generally larger than females.
Habitat:
Spotted during a night walk at Hyde Parc, Sydney (free specimen).
Commonly seen in Australian cities and one of the most widespread marsupial of Australia. It is found throughout the eastern and northern parts of the continent, as well as some western regions, Tasmania and a number of offshore islands, such as Kangaroo Island and Barrow Island. It is also widespread in New Zealand since its introduction in 1840.
Notes:
It is mainly a nocturnal semi-arboreal folivore marsupial, but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Trichosurus
Species: T. vulpecula
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