🦘Common brushtail possum
Kettukusu (Trichosurus vulpecula) kuuluu Australian alkuperäisten nisäkkäiden sopeutuvaisimpiin lajeihin. Aikanaan sitä metsästettiin paljon tiheän ja pehmeän turkkinsa vuoksi. Nykyisin tämä laajalle levinnyt pussieläin on yhtä kotonaan esikaupunkialueiden puutarhoissa kuin mantereen takamaillakin. Päivisin kettukusu lepää kerälle kiertyneenä turvapaikassaan, mutta ilmestyy esiin yöllä ruoanhakuretkilleen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 2 kg
- Body length
- 0.53 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Common brushtail possum
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.4 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.53 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass11 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation17 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 17 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.03 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density124 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common brushtail possum yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyPhalangeridae
- ›genusTrichosurus
- ›speciesTrichosurus vulpecula
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyPhalangeridae
- genusTrichosurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyPhalangeridae
- genusTrichosurus
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