- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyPhalangeridae
- ›genusTrichosurus
Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum
Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1835)
Also calledBobok (nob) · Cuscús de Cola de Cepillo de Orejas Cortas (spa) · Fjellpungrev (nob) · Hondkoeskoes (nld) · Hundskusu (deu) · Pałanka bobuk (pol) · Phalanger canin (fra) · Phalanger de montagne (fra) · Possum-de-Orelhas-curtas (por) · kitanka drobnoucha (pol) · koirakusu (fin) · kusu krátkouchý (ces) · Κοντόωτο Οπόσουμ (ell) · Собачий кузу (rus)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1835 p.191
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: What were previously thought to be populations of this species in Victoria have been shown to be a separate species, T. cunninghami (Lindemayer et al., 2002). The species and T. cunninghami are together sometimes known as Bobuck; Lindemayer et al. (2002) suggested new vernacular names to distinguish them.
Order Diprotodontia
distribution
Distribution: Australia: C Queensland (near Gladstone) south to C New South Wales, and possibly to the Victorian border (Lindenmayer et al., 2002).
Order Diprotodontia
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Australia: SE Queensland, E New South Wales, E Victoria.
Order Diprotodontia
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: S. E. Queensland; E. New South Wales; E. Victoria.
Order Marsupialia
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440251.