Trichosurus

Summary

Trichosurus is a taxon^[1]. Trichosurus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month, #1,560 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Trichosurus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Trichosurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Trichosurus is classified within Trichosurini^[5].
• Trichosurus is endemic to Australia^[6].
• Trichosurus's scientific name is Trichosurus^[7].
• Trichosurus's Commons category is recorded as Trichosurus^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Trichosurus is Didelphis vulpecula^[9].
• Trichosurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trichosurus^[10].
• Trichosurus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[11].
• Trichosurus's taxon author citation is recorded as Lesson, 1828^[12].

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Classification

Trichosurus's scientific name is Trichosurus^[7]. Trichosurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Trichosurus belongs to the parent taxon Trichosurini^[5]. The taxonomic type of Trichosurus is Didelphis vulpecula^[9].

Distribution

Trichosurus is endemic to Australia^[6].

Identifiers

Trichosurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42805^[13]. Trichosurus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9336^[14]. Trichosurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39530^[15]. Trichosurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440250^[16]. Trichosurus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552435^[17].

Why It Matters

Trichosurus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month, #1,560 of 195,241).^[2] Trichosurus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] Trichosurus is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]