Mountain brushtail possum
The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia. It was not described as a separate species until 2002.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phalangeridae |
Genus: | Trichosurus |
Species: | T. cunninghami |
Binomial name | |
Trichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach and Viggers, 2002 | |
Mountain brushtail possum range |
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