Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Marsupialia Jameson, 1818 - marsupials see Cohort Marsupialia Jameson, 1818
     Family Phalangeridae Thomas, 1888 - possums and cuscuses
       Genus Trichosurus Lesson, 1828 - brush-tailed possums
         1 Trichosurus arnhemensis Collett, 1897 - northern brushtail possum
         2 Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1835[1836]) - mountain brushtail possum
         3 Trichosurus squamicaudata (Alexander, 1918) Flannery et al., 1987 - scaly-tailed possum see Wyulda squamicaudata Alexander, 1918
         4 Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792) - common brushtail possum