Subspecies Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phalangista fuliginosa Ogilby, W. 1831. (untitled abstract). Proceedings of the Committee of the Zoological Society London 1831: 135-136 [Oct. 1831] [135].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1855.12.24.212 ♂ adult skin & skull, TAS (original 'said to have been from Sydney').

  Subsequent designation references:

  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia.Volume 1, containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals. London : Baillière 553 pp. 20 pls. [289].
• Phalangista cuvieri Waterhouse, G.R. 1841. The natural history of Marsupialia or pouched animals. In, Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Edinburgh & London : W.H. Lizars & H.G. Bohn Vol. 11 xvi 323 pp. [Date published Aug. 1841] [numbered Vol. 30 in The Naturalist's Library in order of issue] [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1838.10.11.3 ♂ adult skin, probably TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia.Volume 1, containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals. London : Baillière 553 pp. 20 pls. [293].
• Trichosurus vulpecula ruficollis Schwarz, E. 1909. Über zwei mit Trichosurus vulpecula verwandte Kusus. Zoologischer Anzeiger 34: 625-626 [626] [the description is of a large dark form and is based upon two living specimens in the Frankfurt Zoo].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122 say 'Murchison Dist., WA' but there is a Murchison in NSW, in VIC and in TAS), 'Murchison District', probably TAS on the basis of Schwarz's description.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, folivore, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, subtropical, terrestrial, tropical, woodland.

History of changes