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| Coppery Brushtail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Phalangeriformes |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
| Genus: | Trichosurus |
| Species: | T. johnstonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888) |
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The Coppery Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. Coppery Brushtails are found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia.[1][2] These mammals inhabit rainforest ecosystems, living within the tree canopy. Though they have a restricted distribution, they are locally common.[1] This population is often considered a subspecies of T. vulpecula.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=11000088, retrieved 15 August 2009
- ^ a b Morris, K., Woinarski, J., Friend, T., Foulkes, J., Kerle, A. & Ellis, M. (2008). "Trichosurus vulpecula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/40585. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
