Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, SE and N South Australia, SW Western Australia; introduced to New Zealand (Wodzicki, 1950).

STATUS: Common, in many cities, lives commensally.

SYNONYMS: bougainvillei, cookii, cuvieri, eburacensis, felina, /uliginosa, grisea, hypoleucus, johnstonii, lemurina, melanura, mesurus, novaehollandiae, raui, ruficollis, selma, tapouaru, vulpina, xanthopus .

COMMENTS: Phalangista johnstonii Ramsay, 1988, may be a distinct species.