Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Trichosurus vulpecula

Description

Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792). Anim. Kingdom, 1:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; except N. Northern Territory, N.W. Western Australia, and Barrow Island; Tasmania.

COMMENT: Introduced into New Zealand; see Wodzicki, 1950, Bull. Dept. Sci. Ind. Res., 98:1 -255.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402006002003001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Marsupialia, pp. 18-51 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353009

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phalangeridae
Genus
Trichosurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Marsupialia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Kerr
Species
vulpecula
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Wodzicki, K. A. 1950. Introduced mammals of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, 98: 1 - 255.