Trichosurus

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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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Behavioural response of brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, to baits used in pest control.

Fixed-Ratio Schedule Performance of Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

An evolutionary perspective of structural adaptations for environmental perception and utilization by the neonatal marsupials Trichosurus vulpecula (Phalangeridae) and Didelphis virginiana (Didelphidae).

Comparative patterns of craniofacial development in Eutherian and Metatherian mammals

2%) DEF Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula 35 (31.

Contents of some Powerful Owl pellets from the Melbourne region

For example, the degree of boldness of individual brushtail possums Trichosurus vulpecula affected foraging at risky, high-quality food patches and at safe patches when the concentration of PSMs was low (Mella et al.

Understanding tradeoffs between food and predation risks in a specialist mammalian herbivore

Gulle N (2006) Home range use and road crossing behaviour by the common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula.

The conservation of mammals in Victoria's roadsides

It is surrounded by a predator-barrier fence and contains a variety of mammals including the eastern barred bandicoot, southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus, long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus, rufous bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens, Tasmanian pademelon, eastern grey kangaroo, swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor, common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula and eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus.

Habitat use of a critically-endangered species in a predator-free but degraded reserve in Australia

Post-fire surveys of arboreal marsupials near Gerogery, NSW, indicate that the abundance of the Common Brush-tail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula and the Common Ring-tail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus can be significantly reduced (D Michael unpublished data).

Records of the Inland Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei (Serpentes: pythonidae) in the north east catchment management area, north-east Victoria, and the implications for fire planning

Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps and Brushtailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa (hereafter Phascogale), are the main users of these boxes, but other species such as the Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis, Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes, Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula and Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus have been recorded also (Myers and Dashper 1999).

The use of remote cameras at the nestboxes of arboreal mammals, Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa and Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps in the Rushworth State Forest: Fauna Survey Group Contribution No. 26

Common species such as Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus, Black Wallaby Wallabia bicolor, Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula, Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus and Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus are regularly seen.