Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 45-62 : 48

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353075

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7281330

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scientific name

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)
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Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) View in CoL . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, SE and N South Australia, SW Western Australia; introduced to New Zealand ( Wodzicki, 1950).

STATUS: Common, in many cities, lives commensally.

SYNONYMS: bougainvillei , cookii , cuvieri , eburacensis, felina , /uliginosa, grisea, hypoleucus , johnstonii , lemurina, melanura , mesurus, novaehollandiae, raui, ruficollis, selma, tapouaru, vulpina , xanthopus .

COMMENTS: Phalangista johnstonii Ramsay, 1988 , may be a distinct species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Diprotodontia

Family

Phalangeridae

Genus

Trichosurus

Loc

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)

Colin P. Groves 1993
1993
Loc

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)

Kerr 1792: 198
1792
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