- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyPhalangeridae
- ›genusTrichosurus
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Coppery Brushtail
Trichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888)
Also calledCuscús de Cola de Cepillo de Atherton (spa) · Phalanger de Johnstone (fra) · Possum-cauda-de-Escova-Acobreado (por) · Queensland-Kusu (deu) · Queenslandvoskoesoe (nld) · kitanka miedziana (pol) · kusu queenslandský (ces) · アカフクロギツネ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., ser. 2 vol.8 p.1297
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Coppery Brush-tailed Possum is nocturnal and dens during the day in tree hollows. Snakes and birds of prey, such as owls, are important predators.
Phalangeridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Predominantly along rainforest edge and adjacent tall open forest.
Phalangeridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Density in one study of the Coppery Brush-tailed Possum was 3 - 4 ind / ha in preferred rainforest habitat.
Phalangeridae
breeding
Breeding. One study showed that most young Coppery Brush-tailed Possums are born in June, and breeding is synchronous with sympatric populations of Common Brushtailed Possums.
Phalangeridae
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Every page naming Trichosurus johnstonii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440252.