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Trichosurinae  Flynn, 1911
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1255367

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Trichosurini Flynn, 1911
  
  Common Name(s): brush-tailed possums [English]
  
    scaly-tailed possum [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
                               OrderDiprotodontia Owen, 1866  
                                  SuborderPhalangeriformes Szalay in Archer, 1982  
                                     SuperfamilyPhalangeroidea Thomas, 1888  
                                        FamilyPhalangeridae Thomas, 1888 – brushtail possums, cuscuses, scaly-tailed possum  
                                           SubfamilyTrichosurinae Flynn, 1911 – brush-tailed possums, scaly-tailed possum  
    Direct Children:  
                                              GenusTrichosurus Lesson, 1828 – brush-tailed possums 
                                              GenusWyulda Alexander, 1918 – scaly-tailed possums 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2015   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials   
  Page(s): 1-799   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-996   
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  Reference for: Trichosurinae, brush-tailed possums [English], scaly-tailed possum [English]   
       

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