Definition of Trichosurus vulpecula

1. Noun. Bushy-tailed phalanger.

Exact synonyms: Brush-tailed Phalanger
Generic synonyms: Opossum, Phalanger, Possum
Group relationships: Genus Trichosurus, Trichosurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichosurus Vulpecula

Trichophyton violaceum
Trichopleuris
Trichostema
Trichostema dichotomum
Trichostema lanatum
Trichostema lanceolatum
Trichostigma
Trichostrongylidae
Trichostrongylus axei
Trichostrongylus capricola
Trichostrongylus colubriformis
Trichostrongylus longispicularis
Trichostrongylus tenuis
Trichostrongylus vitrinus
Trichosurus
Trichosurus vulpecula (current term)
Trichothecium
Trichuris trichiura
Trichys
Trichys lipura
Tricia
Trick Night
Tricolor
Tricolour
Tricula
Tridacna gigas
Tridacnidae
Tridentine
Tridentines
Trier

Literary usage of Trichosurus vulpecula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Common Opossum— Trichosurus vulpecula, Kerr. Common Ring-tailed-O.— ... Tasmanian, or Sooty O.— Trichosurus vulpecula, var. ..."

2. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"Trichosurus vulpecula, the true Phalanger (Fig. 23), one of the so-called Australian ... Dentition of the true Phalanger (Trichosurus vulpecula, 9.222-4). ..."

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