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The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista [4]) is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the possums.
In general, they are more terrestrially oriented than other possums, and in some ways might parallel primates. The genus contains these species: Northern brushtail possum, T. arnhemensis; Short-eared possum, T. caninus; Mountain brushtail possum, T. cunninghami; Coppery brushtail possum, T. johnstonii; Common brushtail possum, T. vulpecula
Brushtail possum in Waikato, New Zealand The introduction of possums has been ecologically damaging because the native vegetation has evolved in the absence of mammalian omnivores . Possums selectively browse native vegetation causing particular damage to broadleaved trees, notably Metrosideros species including rātā .
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The Phalangeridae are a family of mostly nocturnal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Eastern Indonesia, including the cuscuses, brushtail possums, and their close relatives. Considered a type of possum, most species are arboreal, and they inhabit a wide range of forest habitats from alpine woodland to eucalypt forest and tropical ...
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A male northern brushtail possum eating an apple. The northern brushtail possum (Trichosurus arnhemensis) is a nocturnal marsupial inhabiting northern Australia.The northern brushtail possum is sometimes considered a species; [1] however, more often than not is considered a subspecies of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis).