Macropodida
Red kangaroo – Macropus rufus
Marsupials
• Common brush tail possum – Trichosurus vulpecula
The New Latin genus name combines the Greek word trichosis (“growth of hair“) with the Greek word thrix (“hair“), and the Latin suffix –urus (“tail“). Therefore, Trichosurus literally means “having a hairy tail” or “furry tail,” referencing the animal’s characteristic bushy tail.
Vulpecula, Latin for “little fox“
Mephitidae/Mephitine
• Skunk
Muridae
Mice – Murine
Rat – Glirine
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