Common Brushtail
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Common Brushtail

Trichosurus vulpecula

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Daintree National Park
1 Verified records at Daintree National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista) is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the Australasian possums. Like most possums, the common brushtail possum is nocturnal. It is mainly a folivore, but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats. In most Australian habitats, eucalyptus leaves are a significant part of the diet, but rarely the sole item eaten. Its tail is prehensile and naked on its lower underside. The four colour variations are silver-grey, brown, black, and gold. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park

Striped Possum
LC

Striped Possum

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Dactylopsila trivirgata

20–30% · Possible
Red-legged Pademelon
LC

Red-legged Pademelon

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Thylogale stigmatica

10–20% · With luck
Bennett's Tree-kangaroo
NT Endemic

Bennett's Tree-kangaroo

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Dendrolagus bennettianus

10–20% · With luck
Musky Rat-kangaroo
LC Endemic

Musky Rat-kangaroo

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

10–20% · With luck
Agile Wallaby

Agile Wallaby

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Macropus agilis

5–10% · With luck
Cinereous Ringtail
NT Endemic

Cinereous Ringtail

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Pseudochirulus cinereus

5–10% · With luck
Swamp Wallaby
LC Endemic

Swamp Wallaby

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Wallabia bicolor

5–10% · With luck
Green Ringtail
NT Endemic

Green Ringtail

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Pseudochirops archeri

Insufficient data
Long-tailed Pygmy Possum
LC

Long-tailed Pygmy Possum

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Cercartetus caudatus

Insufficient data
Rufous Bettong
LC Endemic

Rufous Bettong

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Aepyprymnus rufescens

Insufficient data
Greater Glider
EN Endemic

Greater Glider

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Petauroides volans

Insufficient data
Mareeba Rock Wallaby

Mareeba Rock Wallaby

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Petrogale mareeba

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Brushtail at Daintree National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
2 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
3 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
4 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
5 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
6 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
7 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
8 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
9 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
10 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
11 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
20–30%
12 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
13 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
14 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
15 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
16 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
17 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
18 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
19 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
20 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
21 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
22 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
23 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
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