Trichosurus

Trichosurus vulpecula.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phalangeroidea
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Phalangeroidea

Familia: Phalangeridae
Subfamilia: Trichosurinae
Genus: Trichosurus
Species: T. arnhemensis – T. caninus – T. cunninghami – T. johnstonii – T. vulpecula

Number

5 species

Name

Trichosurus Lesson, 1828

Type species: Didelphis vulpecula Kerr, 1792

Synonyms

• Cercaertus Burmeister, 1837
• Psilogrammurus Gloger, 1841
• Tapoa Owen, 1839
• Trichurus Wagner, 1843

Vernacular names

English: Brushtail Possums
日本語: フクロギツネ属

References

• Trichosurus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.): Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris 13: 333.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.