| Coppery Brushtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Phalangeriformes |
| Family: | Phalangeridae |
| Subfamily: | Phalangerinae |
| Genus: | Trichosurus |
| Species: | T. johnstonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888) |
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The Coppery Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. Coppery Brushtails are found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia.[1][2] These mammals inhabit rainforest ecosystems, living within the tree canopy. Though they have a restricted distribution, they are locally common.[1] This population is often considered a subspecies of T. vulpecula.[2]