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title: "Common Brushtail Possum"
description: "Trichosurus vulpecula — Mamíferos. The common brushtail possum is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the Australasian possums."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-brushtail-possum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Brushtail Possum

> Trichosurus vulpecula — Mamíferos. The common brushtail possum is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the Australasian possums.

- Scientific name: *Trichosurus vulpecula*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `urban` (Cidades e jardins), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 25050
- Wikidata: [Q732477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42808](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42808)

## Names

- en: Common Brushtail Possum
- de: Fuchskusu
- es: Pósum de cola de cepillo
- fr: Phalanger Renard
- nl: Voskoesoe
- pl: Kitanka lisia

## Countries with the most observations

AU (19370), NZ (3115)

## Summary

The common brushtail possum is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the Australasian possums.

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

## Photo

![Common Brushtail Possum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-brushtail-possum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Rawlins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43592643

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-brushtail-possum?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).