Trichosurus vulpecula

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Trichosurus vulpecula

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Phalangeriformes
Superfamilia: Phalangeroidea
Familia: Phalangeridae
Subfamilia: Trichosurinae
Genus: Trichosurus
Species: Trichosurus vulpecula

[edit] Name

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

[edit] Synonyms

• Didelphis vulpecula Kerr, 1792
• Phalangista cookii (G. Cuvier, 1824)
• Phalangista cuvieri (Waterhouse, 1841)
• Phalangista felina (Wagner, 1842)
• Phalangista fuliginosa (Ogilby, 1831)
• Phalangista hypoleucus (Wagner, 1855)
• Phalangista melanura (Wagner, 1842)
• Phalangista selma (Gervais, 1847)
• Phalangista xanthopus (Ogilby, 1831)
• Phalangista fuliginosa grisea (Gray, 1841)
• Trichurus vulpecula eburacensis Lönnberg, 1916
• Trichurus vulpecula mesurus Thomas, 1926
• Trichurus vulpecula raui Finlayson, 1963
• Trichurus vulpecula ruficollis Schwarz, 1909
• Didelphis lemurina (Shaw, 1800)
• Didelphis novaehollandiae (Bechstein, 1800)
• Didelphis tapouaru (F. Meyer, 1793)

[edit] References

• Trichosurus vulpecula on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom 1: 198.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr, 1792 (Least Concern)
• Clark, J.M.; Heath, D.D.; Stankiewicz, M. 1997: The ectoparasites of brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 24: 199-204. Abstract

[edit] Vernacular names

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