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Trichosurus

(brush-tailed phalangers), a genus of mammals of the family Phalangeridae. The length of the body ranges from 30 to 60 cm, and of the tail, from 25 to 35 cm. The animals weigh from 1 to 5 kg. The coat is soft and silky. The tail is well-furred and prehensile. These phalangers are distributed in Australia and Tasmania and have been introduced into New Zealand. Tree-climbing animals, they usually live in mountain forests; sometimes they inhabit unforested areas and semideserts. They also dwell in gardens and city parks. The animals feed on young shoots, leaves, blossoms, fruits, and, at times, insects. A single offspring is born in May or June and carried in the pouch for four to five months.

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The number and distribution of ganglion cells in the retina of the brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula.

Comparative Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography and Behavioral Ecology in Australian Marsupials/Analisis Comparativo de la Topografia de las Celulas Ganglionares de la Retina y Ecologia del Comportamiento en Marsupiales Australianos

Evaluation of a tooth-wear age index for brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula.--Aust.

Parasitic infections of brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula in urbanised environments and bushland in the greater Perth region, Western Australia

Cross, "Reduced spillover transmission of Mycobacterium bovis to feral pigs (Sus scofa) following population control of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)," Epidemiology and Infection, vol.

Assessing the effectiveness of tuberculosis management in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), through indirect surveillance of Mycobacterium bovis infection using released sentinel pigs

The effect of inactivating tannins on the intake of Eucalyptus foliage by a specialist Eucalyptus folivore Pseudocheirus peregrines and a generalist herbivore Trichosurus vulpecula.

Redefining the north American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) as a facultative specialist herbivore

Department for Environment and Heritage--Threatened Fauna Fact Sheet--Northern and Yorke Region--Common Brushtailed Possum Trichosurus Vulpecula.

Empowering students to act: learning about, through and from the nature of action

Effect of salicin content of palatability of Populus foliage to opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

Fifty years of food and foraging in moose: lessons in ecology from a model herbivore

Induction of xenobiotic metabolising enzymes in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, by Eucalyptus terpenes.

How do predators cope with chemically defended foods?

Three species of arboreal mammals live in the closed forests--the common ring-tailed possum (Pseu-docheirus peregrinus), the common brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), and the dormouse possum (Cercartetus nanus), as well as species of birds like the green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus), an endemic parrot, and the swift parrot (Lathamus discolor).

4 The protected areas and biosphere reserves in the temperate rainforests

1999) that common ringtail possums and common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) can develop a conditioned flavor aversion to terpenes via an association between terpenes and postingestive effects of a simple DFPC.

FOLIAR CONCENTRATION OF A SINGLE TOXIN CREATES HABITAT PATCHINESS FOR A MARSUPIAL FOLIVORE

Four brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) were presented with nine different foods, randomly paired.

Fixed-Ratio Schedule Performance of Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

A simulation study of the impacts of population subdivision on the mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus, Ogilby (Phalangeridae: Marsupialia) in south-esatern Australia.

Dynamics and viability of a metapopulation of the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Osteogenesis in two marsupial species, the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus and the possum Trichosurus vulpecula.

Comparative patterns of craniofacial development in Eutherian and Metatherian mammals