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

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; except N. Northern Territory, N.W. Western Australia, and Barrow Island; Tasmania.

COMMENT: Introduced into New Zealand; see Wodzicki, 1950, Bull. Dept. Sci. Ind. Res., 98:1 -255.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402006002003001.