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Common brushtail possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

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Field Notes

Habitat:

This one was found in a friends back yard.

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Common brushtail possum in New Zealand

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Comments (4)
twolittletoddies
Yes, it is rather brown. Nice looking one this one... but yes a pest... Not impressed when they wake me up at night, bouncing on the roof... I already have a baby to wake me!
Mark Ridgway
Wow yours are so brown! Sorry about them being a pest.

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PublishedSeptember 10, 2014

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