---
title: "Mountain Brush-tailed Possum"
description: "Trichosurus cunninghami — Mammals. The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mountain-brush-tailed-possum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Brush-tailed Possum

> Trichosurus cunninghami — Mammals. The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Trichosurus cunninghami*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 745
- Wikidata: [Q209271](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209271)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42807](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42807)

## Names

- en: Mountain Brush-tailed Possum
- de: Cunningham-Kusu
- es: Cuscús de Cola de Cepillo Montano

## Countries with the most observations

AU (713)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_brushtail_possum

## Photo

![Mountain Brush-tailed Possum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-brush-tailed-possum/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147952992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-brush-tailed-possum?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).