#trichosurus

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Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus caninus

A possum from New South Wales, Australia. In the wild, they can live for up to 17 years (possibly longer in captivity), maintain a stable territory, and invest significant energy and time rearing their young

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I need a heist movie featuring these two.

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#1839 - Trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus - Western Brushtail Possum

“Furry-tailed Little Fox, White Underneath”

This unfortunate roadkill was out on one of the country roads east of Perth, between two small patches of remnant bushland. Probably an adolescent - younger ones stay with the mother, and older ones are generally more cautious about traffic. 

Brushtail Possums are native to Australia (including Tasmania) and some  nearby islands, although they're a major pest in New Zealand, where they were introduced to provide a fur industry and on top of everything else are a host of bovine tuberculosis. They’re also a nuisance in suburban gardens, feasting on fruit trees, although their usual diet leans more towards eucalyptus leaves and anything they can catch.

They’re mostly nocturnal and come down to the ground more often than our other possums. There are six subspecies of the Common Brushtail, and colours may be silver-grey, brown, black, red, or cream. Although most will also have a reddish patch on the chest where the scent patch has stained the fur.

They vocalise with clicks, grunts, hisses, alarm chatters, guttural coughs, and screeching, which can be very annoying if they’re doing it in your roof.

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Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Photo by Alan Cressler

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Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula

A nocturnal marsupial with a prehensile tail, found in Australia and introduced in New Zealand. They mainly eat leaves, often eucalyptus.

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Tasmanian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus)

Photo by Jon Atkinson

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Common Brushtail Possum (juvenile) | ©Neil Ross  (Birsbane, Queensland, Australia)

The Common Brushtail Possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae), previously in the genus Phalangista, is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial native to Australia, and the largest of the possums.

Common Brushtails are inventive and determined foragers with a liking for fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and kitchen raids. They have proven highly adaptable to urban environments using trees, wildlife corridors, natural gullies, roofs and wall cavities, often moving via telegraph poles, cabling and fences for traveling and foraging.

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Marsupials, Order Marsupialia by Ryan Somma on Flickr.