Common brushtail possum
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| phylum | Chordata | The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista) is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, it is native to Australia, and the second largest of the possums. Like most possums, the common brushtail possum is nocturnal. It is mainly a folivore, but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | metatheria | |
| order | Diprotodontia | |
| family | Phalangeridae | |
| genus | Trichosurus | |
| species | T. vulpecula |
