Trichosurus cunninghami

3 Mountain Brushtail Possum, Southern Bobuck at Cotter River, ACT

Trichosurus cunninghami at Cotter River, ACT - 20 Apr 2019
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Trichosurus cunninghami 8 Oct 2022 jks
Trichosurus caninus 5 May 2019 DonFletcher
Trichosurus caninus 5 May 2019 michaelb
Unidentified 5 May 2019 TyrieStarrs

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I believe Mountain Brushtail Possum . Can anyone confirm?

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DonFletcher wrote:
   5 May 2019
I need to raise this with Micheal M but our 'Mountain Brushtail' might be the T. cunninghami, not the T. caninus species. (The latter is not listed as occurring here under Possums and Gliders.) Also we might do better to change the common name to Southern Bobuck.

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