| Mountain brushtail possum[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Genus: | Trichosurus |
| Species: | T. cunninghami
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach and Viggers, 2002
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| Mountain brushtail possum range | |
The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia. It was not described as a separate species until 2002.[3]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Menkhorst, P.; Taggart, D.; Ellis, M.; Martin, R. (2016). "Trichosurus cunninghami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136256A21952015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136256A21952015.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Kerl A (2001), Possums: the Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider. UNSW Press, Sydney NSW.