- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyPhalangeridae
- ›genusTrichosurus
Mountain Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach & Viggers, 2002
Also calledCunningham-Kusu (deu) · Cuscús de Cola de Cepillo Montano (spa) · Possum-cauda-de-Escova-da-Montanha (por) · kitanka górska (pol) · kusu horský (ces) · Βουνίσιο Βουρτσόουρο Οπόσουμ (ell) · Горный кузу (rus) · ヤマフクロギツネ (jpn)
First described in: Aust. J. Zool. vol.50 p.17
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Formerly thought to be the southern populations of T. caninus, but distinguished as a new species by Lindenmayer et al. (2002).
Order Diprotodontia
distribution
Distribution: Australia: C to NE Victoria, and possibly into S New South Wales (Lindenmayer et al., 2002).
Order Diprotodontia
description
Condition. Cranium missing rear margin of palate, otherwise complete. Both dentaries complete. Study skin in good condition, missing left ear tip (probably removed for DNA analysis). Cranial measurements (mm). M. 35866: GL, 86.14; ConL, 84.17; BasL, 79.17; NasL, 33.87; NasB, 12.65; UC 1 – C 1 (alv.), 15.76; DIL, 14.40; APV, 6.52; UPM (alv.), 5.85; UMR (alv.), 18.46; ZB, 53.13; POC, 9.02; MB, 42.81; DL (condyl.), 64.56; LPM (alv.), 5.63; LMR (alv.), 21.17.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
description
Current name. Trichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach & Viggers, 2002; following Jackson & Groves (2015). Helgen & Jackson (2015) treat this entity as a full species but suggest that subspecific status within T. caninus might be more appropriate in view of slight genetic and morphological differences.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440255.