🦘Common brushtail possum
Trichosurus vulpecula, appelé Phalanger-renard (ou Phalanger renard), Phalanger vulpin, Phalanger commun, possum à queue en brosse, localement « possum », est une espèce de petits marsupiaux arboricoles australiens à queue préhensile qui se nourrit de feuillages et de fruits mais aussi d'insectes, d'œufs, d'oisillons et de porcelets. Introduit en Nouvelle-Zélande pour sa fourrure, il y est à présent considéré comme une espèce invasive car, sans prédateur sur cette île, il pille les nids, blesse les arbres et transmet la tuberculose bovine.
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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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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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