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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of marsupial</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Northern brushtail possum<sup id="cite_ref-msw3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msw3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Trichosurus_arnhemensis_-_Museo_Civico_di_Storia_Naturale_Giacomo_Doria_-_Genoa,_Italy_-_DSC03016.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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center; font-size: 88%"><i>Trichosurus arnhemensis</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Trichosurus" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">Mammalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Infraclass: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">Marsupialia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diprotodontia" title="Diprotodontia">Diprotodontia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phalangeridae" title="Phalangeridae">Phalangeridae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brushtail_possum" title="Brushtail possum"><i>Trichosurus</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>T. arnhemensis</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Trichosurus arnhemensis</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Collett" title="Robert Collett">Collett</a>, 1897</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota 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brushtail possum eating an apple</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>northern brushtail possum</b> (<i><b>Trichosurus arnhemensis</b></i>) is a nocturnal <a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">marsupial</a> inhabiting northern <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. The northern brushtail possum is sometimes considered a species;<sup id="cite_ref-msw3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msw3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, more often than not is considered a subspecies of the <a href="/wiki/Common_brushtail_possum" title="Common brushtail possum">common brushtail possum</a> (<i>Trichosurus vulpecula arnhemensis</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lifestyle">Lifestyle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_brushtail_possum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lifestyle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Possums are nocturnal in nature, so feed between dawn and dusk. They are territorial creatures and can be found alone or in family groups.<sup id="cite_ref-birdgard_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birdgard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance">Appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_brushtail_possum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Its fur is a grey in colour, with a white underbelly and pink skin. The northern brushtail possum can grow up to 55 cm (22 in) in length, not including its tail, and is around the size of a small cat. Unlike its relatives and despite what its name suggests, the northern brushtail possum does not have a bushy tail.<sup id="cite_ref-ADW_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADW-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-marsoc_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsoc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg/100px-Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg/150px-Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg/200px-Northern_brushtail_possum_hand_fed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Male northern brushtail possum being hand fed a stick of carrot</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lifespan_and_reproduction">Lifespan and reproduction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_brushtail_possum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lifespan and reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The northern brushtail possum breeds year-round, with a gestation period around 17–18 days and pouch period of 4–5 months. It can live up to 15 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diseases">Diseases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_brushtail_possum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Diseases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of the NT possums are found to have contracted a flesh eating bacteria. This causes their faces to be eaten away and often results in blindness. The disease has been widely spread within the possum community, also affecting Ringtail possums. Possums brought into the local RSPCA after contracting the disease are commonly put down. Once the possums contract the sickness they are often found to be more welcoming to humans, and will approach when practical.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg/150px-Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg/225px-Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg/300px-Helpful_Gal_helps_possum_to_water.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Girl assisting a sick possum with a drink of water</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_humans">Relationship with humans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_brushtail_possum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Relationship with humans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The northern brushtail possum is well adapted to rural and urban areas and is sometimes considered a pest when found in high numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-marsoc_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsoc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like other <a href="/wiki/Phalangeriformes" title="Phalangeriformes">possums</a>, it is rather tolerant of humans and can sometimes be hand fed, although it is not encouraged, as its claws are quite sharp and can cause infection or disease to humans if scratched. </p><p>It is a traditional food source for some <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Bininj_Kunwok" title="Bininj Kunwok">Kunwinjku language</a> it is known as <span title="Gunwinggu-language text"><i lang="gup">djebuyh</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Reverend P. 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Possums also eat insects, moths, grubs, snails, birds’ eggs, and chicks. 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cuscus">Rothschild's cuscus (<i>P. rothschildi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silky_cuscus" title="Silky cuscus">Silky cuscus (<i>P. sericeus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stein%27s_cuscus" title="Stein's cuscus">Stein's cuscus (<i>P. vestitus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Spilocuscus" title="Spilocuscus">Spilocuscus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Island_cuscus" title="Admiralty Island cuscus">Admiralty Island cuscus (<i>S. kraemeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_spotted_cuscus" title="Common spotted cuscus">Common spotted cuscus (<i>S. maculatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waigeou_cuscus" title="Waigeou cuscus">Waigeou cuscus (<i>S. papuensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-spotted_cuscus" title="Black-spotted cuscus">Black-spotted cuscus (<i>S. rufoniger</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-eyed_spotted_cuscus" title="Blue-eyed spotted cuscus">Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (<i>S. wilsoni</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Strigocuscus" title="Strigocuscus">Strigocuscus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sulawesi_dwarf_cuscus" title="Sulawesi dwarf cuscus">Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (<i>S. celebensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banggai_cuscus" title="Banggai cuscus">Banggai cuscus (<i>S. pelegensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Brushtail_possum" title="Brushtail possum">Trichosurus</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(brushtail possums)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Tarsipes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Honey_possum" title="Honey possum">Tarsipes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honey_possum" title="Honey possum">Honey possum (<i>T. rostratus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Petauridae" title="Petauridae">Petauridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dactylopsila" title="Dactylopsila">Dactylopsila</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great-tailed_triok" title="Great-tailed triok">Great-tailed triok (<i>D. megalura</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long-fingered_triok" title="Long-fingered triok">Long-fingered triok (<i>D. palpator</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate%27s_triok" title="Tate's triok">Tate's triok (<i>D. tatei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striped_possum" title="Striped possum">Striped possum (<i>D. trivirgata</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Leadbeater%27s_possum" title="Leadbeater's possum">Gymnobelideus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leadbeater%27s_possum" title="Leadbeater's possum">Leadbeater's possum (<i>G. leadbeateri</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Petaurus" title="Petaurus">Petaurus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_glider" title="Northern glider">Northern glider (<i>P. abidi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow-bellied_glider" title="Yellow-bellied glider">Yellow-bellied glider (<i>P. australis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biak_glider" title="Biak glider">Biak glider (<i>P. biacensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_glider" title="Sugar glider">Sugar glider (<i>P. breviceps</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahogany_glider" title="Mahogany glider">Mahogany glider (<i>P. gracilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squirrel_glider" title="Squirrel glider">Squirrel glider (<i>P. norfolcensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pseudocheiridae" title="Pseudocheiridae">Pseudocheiridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Lemur-like_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-like ringtail possum">Hemibelideus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lemur-like_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lemur-like ringtail possum">Lemur-like ringtail possum (<i>H. lemuroides</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Greater_glider" title="Greater glider">Petauroides</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(greater gliders)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_greater_glider" title="Central greater glider">Central greater glider (<i>P. armillatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_greater_glider" title="Northern greater glider">Northern greater glider (<i>P. minor</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_greater_glider" title="Southern greater glider">Southern greater glider (<i>P. volans</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rock-haunting_ringtail_possum" title="Rock-haunting ringtail possum">Petropseudes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock-haunting_ringtail_possum" title="Rock-haunting ringtail possum">Rock-haunting ringtail possum (<i>P. dahli</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum" title="Common ringtail possum">Pseudocheirus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_ringtail_possum" title="Common ringtail possum">Common ringtail possum (<i>P. peregrinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudochirulus" title="Pseudochirulus">Pseudochirulus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowland_ringtail_possum" title="Lowland ringtail possum">Lowland ringtail possum (<i>P. canescens</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weyland_ringtail_possum" title="Weyland ringtail possum">Weyland ringtail possum (<i>P. caroli</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinereus_ringtail_possum" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinereus ringtail possum">Cinereus ringtail possum (<i>P. cinereus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painted_ringtail_possum" title="Painted ringtail possum">Painted ringtail possum (<i>P. forbesi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_River_ringtail_possum" title="Herbert River ringtail possum">Herbert River ringtail possum (<i>P. herbertensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masked_ringtail_possum" title="Masked ringtail possum">Masked ringtail possum (<i>P. larvatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pygmy_ringtail_possum" title="Pygmy ringtail possum">Pygmy ringtail possum (<i>P. mayeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vogelkop_ringtail_possum" title="Vogelkop ringtail possum">Vogelkop ringtail possum (<i>P. schlegeli</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudochirops" title="Pseudochirops">Pseudochirops</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Albertis%27s_ringtail_possum" title="D'Albertis's ringtail possum">D'Albertis's ringtail possum (<i>P. albertisii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_ringtail_possum" title="Green ringtail possum">Green ringtail possum (<i>P. archeri</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plush-coated_ringtail_possum" title="Plush-coated ringtail possum">Plush-coated ringtail possum (<i>P. corinnae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reclusive_ringtail_possum" title="Reclusive ringtail possum">Reclusive ringtail possum (<i>P. coronatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppery_ringtail_possum" title="Coppery ringtail possum">Coppery ringtail possum (<i>P. cupreus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Acrobatidae" title="Acrobatidae">Acrobatidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Feathertail_glider" title="Feathertail glider">Acrobates</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feathertail_glider" title="Feathertail glider">Feathertail glider (<i>A. pygmaeus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Feather-tailed_possum" title="Feather-tailed possum">Distoechurus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feather-tailed_possum" title="Feather-tailed possum">Feather-tailed possum (<i>D. pennatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suborder_Macropodiformes" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Suborder <a href="/wiki/Macropodiformes" title="Macropodiformes">Macropodiformes</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/Macropodidae" title="Macropodidae">Macropodidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(includes <a href="/wiki/Wallaby" title="Wallaby">wallabies</a>)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Banded_hare-wallaby" title="Banded hare-wallaby">Lagostrophus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banded_hare-wallaby" title="Banded hare-wallaby">Banded hare-wallaby (<i>L. fasciatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Tree-kangaroo" title="Tree-kangaroo">Dendrolagus</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(tree-kangaroos)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bennett%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Bennett's tree-kangaroo">Bennett's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. bennettianus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doria%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Doria's tree-kangaroo">Doria's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. dorianus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodfellow%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo">Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. goodfellowi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grizzled_tree-kangaroo" title="Grizzled tree-kangaroo">Grizzled tree-kangaroo (<i>D. inustus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumholtz%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo">Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. lumholtzi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matschie%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Matschie's tree-kangaroo">Matschie's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. matschiei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingiso" title="Dingiso">Dingiso (<i>D. mbaiso</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dendrolagus_notatus" title="Dendrolagus notatus">Ifola (<i>D. notatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden-mantled_tree-kangaroo" title="Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo">Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (<i>D. pulcherrimus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowlands_tree-kangaroo" title="Lowlands tree-kangaroo">Lowlands tree-kangaroo (<i>D. spadix</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkile" title="Tenkile">Tenkile (<i>D. scottae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seri%27s_tree-kangaroo" title="Seri's tree-kangaroo">Seri's tree-kangaroo (<i>D. stellarum</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursine_tree-kangaroo" title="Ursine tree-kangaroo">Ursine tree-kangaroo (<i>D. ursinus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dorcopsis" title="Dorcopsis">Dorcopsis</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_dorcopsis" title="Black dorcopsis">Black dorcopsis (<i>D. atrata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White-striped_dorcopsis" title="White-striped dorcopsis">White-striped dorcopsis (<i>D. hageni</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_dorcopsis" title="Gray dorcopsis">Gray dorcopsis (<i>D. luctuosa</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_dorcopsis" title="Brown dorcopsis">Brown dorcopsis (<i>D. muelleri</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dorcopsulus" title="Dorcopsulus">Dorcopsulus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macleay%27s_dorcopsis" title="Macleay's dorcopsis">Macleay's dorcopsis (<i>D. macleayi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_dorcopsis" title="Small dorcopsis">Small dorcopsis (<i>D. vanheurni</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Lagorchestes" title="Lagorchestes">Lagorchestes</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(hare-wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectacled_hare-wallaby" title="Spectacled hare-wallaby">Spectacled hare-wallaby (<i>L. conspicillatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufous_hare-wallaby" title="Rufous hare-wallaby">Rufous hare-wallaby (<i>L. hirsutus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Macropus" title="Macropus">Macropus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_grey_kangaroo" title="Western grey kangaroo">Western grey kangaroo (<i>M. fuliginosus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_grey_kangaroo" title="Eastern grey kangaroo">Eastern grey kangaroo (<i>M. giganteus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Notamacropus" title="Notamacropus">Notamacropus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agile_wallaby" title="Agile wallaby">Agile wallaby (<i>N. agilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-striped_wallaby" title="Black-striped wallaby">Black-striped wallaby (<i>N. dorsalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammar_wallaby" title="Tammar wallaby">Tammar wallaby (<i>N. eugenii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_brush_wallaby" title="Western brush wallaby">Western brush wallaby (<i>N. irma</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parma_wallaby" title="Parma wallaby">Parma wallaby (<i>N. parma</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiptail_wallaby" title="Whiptail wallaby">Whiptail wallaby (<i>N. parryi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-necked_wallaby" title="Red-necked wallaby">Red-necked wallaby (<i>N. rufogriseus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Nail-tail_wallaby" title="Nail-tail wallaby">Onychogalea</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(nail-tail wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridled_nail-tail_wallaby" title="Bridled nail-tail wallaby">Bridled nail-tail wallaby (<i>O. fraenata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_nail-tail_wallaby" title="Northern nail-tail wallaby">Northern nail-tail wallaby (<i>O. unguifera</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Osphranter" title="Osphranter">Osphranter</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antilopine_kangaroo" title="Antilopine kangaroo">Antilopine kangaroo (<i>O. antilopinus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_wallaroo" title="Black wallaroo">Black wallaroo (<i>O. bernardus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_wallaroo" title="Common wallaroo">Common wallaroo (<i>O. robustus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_kangaroo" title="Red kangaroo">Red kangaroo (<i>O. rufus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rock-wallaby" title="Rock-wallaby">Petrogale</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(rock-wallabies)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><i>P. brachyotis</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Short-eared_rock-wallaby" title="Short-eared rock-wallaby">Short-eared rock-wallaby (<i>P. brachyotis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monjon" title="Monjon">Monjon (<i>P. burbidgei</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabarlek" title="Nabarlek">Nabarlek (<i>P. concinna</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_short-eared_rock-wallaby" title="Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby">Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (<i>P. wilkinsi</i>)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><u><i>P. xanthopus</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Proserpine_rock-wallaby" title="Proserpine rock-wallaby">Proserpine rock-wallaby (<i>P. persephone</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothschild%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Rothschild's rock-wallaby">Rothschild's rock-wallaby (<i>P. rothschildi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow-footed_rock-wallaby" title="Yellow-footed rock-wallaby">Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (<i>P. xanthopus</i>)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><u><i>P. lateralis/penicillata</i> species group</u>: <a href="/wiki/Allied_rock-wallaby" title="Allied rock-wallaby">Allied rock-wallaby (<i>P. assimilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_York_rock-wallaby" title="Cape York rock-wallaby">Cape York rock-wallaby (<i>P. coenensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godman%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Godman's rock-wallaby">Godman's rock-wallaby (<i>P. godmani</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert%27s_rock-wallaby" title="Herbert's rock-wallaby">Herbert's rock-wallaby (<i>P. herberti</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unadorned_rock-wallaby" title="Unadorned rock-wallaby">Unadorned rock-wallaby (<i>P. inornata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-flanked_rock-wallaby" title="Black-flanked rock-wallaby">Black-flanked rock-wallaby (<i>P. lateralis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mareeba_rock-wallaby" title="Mareeba rock-wallaby">Mareeba rock-wallaby (<i>P. mareeba</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush-tailed_rock-wallaby" title="Brush-tailed rock-wallaby">Brush-tailed rock-wallaby (<i>P. penicillata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purple-necked_rock-wallaby" title="Purple-necked rock-wallaby">Purple-necked rock-wallaby (<i>P. purpureicollis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Claro_rock-wallaby" title="Mount Claro rock-wallaby">Mount Claro rock-wallaby (<i>P. sharmani</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Quokka" title="Quokka">Setonix</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quokka" title="Quokka">Quokka (<i>S. brachyurus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pademelon" title="Pademelon">Thylogale</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(pademelons)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_pademelon" title="Tasmanian pademelon">Tasmanian pademelon (<i>T. billardierii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown%27s_pademelon" title="Brown's pademelon">Brown's pademelon (<i>T. browni</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusky_pademelon" title="Dusky pademelon">Dusky pademelon (<i>T. brunii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calaby%27s_pademelon" title="Calaby's pademelon">Calaby's pademelon (<i>T. calabyi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_pademelon" title="Mountain pademelon">Mountain pademelon (<i>T. lanatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-legged_pademelon" title="Red-legged pademelon">Red-legged pademelon (<i>T. stigmatica</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-necked_pademelon" title="Red-necked pademelon">Red-necked pademelon (<i>T. thetis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Swamp_wallaby" title="Swamp wallaby">Wallabia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_wallaby" title="Swamp wallaby">Swamp wallaby (<i>W. 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longipes</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long-nosed_potoroo" title="Long-nosed potoroo">Long-nosed potoroo (<i>P. tridactylus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert%27s_potoroo" title="Gilbert's potoroo">Gilbert's potoroo (<i>P. gilbertii</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/Hypsiprymnodontidae" title="Hypsiprymnodontidae">Hypsiprymnodontidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Hypsiprymnodon" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><i><a href="/wiki/Musky_rat-kangaroo" title="Musky rat-kangaroo">Hypsiprymnodon</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musky_rat-kangaroo" title="Musky 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