Genus Trichosurus (brush-tailed possums)
Species Trichosurus arnhemensis (northern brushtail possum)
Species Trichosurus caninus (mountain brushtail possum) ...
The predators include stoats, (Mustela erminea), which kill adults, and brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), which rob nests and eat kaka eggs. Stoats actually kill more females than males, as they are easier prey while incubating eggs.
The evening walk lasted about 2 hours during which we saw: Brush-tailed Possum, Betton, Quoll, Wombat. These small marsupials hide in burrows during the day coming out only at night.
AI into the urogenital sinus has been successful in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) with 6 live births from 11 inseminations reported (Johnson et al., 1999 abst.). Super-ovulated brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and tammar wallabies ...
At least five new species of marsupials have been discovered since 2000: Philander deltae; Philander mondolfii; the Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini; the Mountain Brush-tailed Possum, Trichosurus caninus; ...
proposed, were soon discounted, and a proposed relationship between ektopodontids and phascolarctids (koalas) is debatable. The ancestors of ektopodontids have not yet been identified, but may have been phalangerids (cuscuses and brush-tailed ...
 See also: Possum, Marsupial, Phalanger, Kangaroo, Parrot
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