#0467 · 🦊 mammals
Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum
🇳🇱 Hondkoeskoes ·Trichosurus caninus
📍 Riverbend, QLD, AU
📍 Fernbrook NSW 2453, Australia
📍 Prenzlau QLD 4311, Australia
📍 Kenilworth QLD 4574, Australia
📍 Martinsville NSW 2265, Australia
📍 Bungawalbin NSW 2469, Australia
📍 Glenview QLD 4553, Australia
📍 Lamington, AU-QL, AU
📍 Lismore NSW 2480, Australia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. Riverbend, QLD, AU:© Jo Track · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Fernbrook NSW 2453, Australia:© Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Prenzlau QLD 4311, Australia:© Martin Bennett · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Kenilworth QLD 4574, Australia:© Bruce Cathie · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Martinsville NSW 2265, Australia:© nhaass · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Bungawalbin NSW 2469, Australia:© sharynl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Glenview QLD 4553, Australia:© Max Fulham · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lamington, AU-QL, AU:© Harry_Cooper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Lismore NSW 2480, Australia:© Dave Flumm · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The short-eared possum ( Trichosurus caninus ) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Australia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by James Douglas Ogilby in 1836 (190 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum
- Nederlands
- Hondkoeskoes
- scientific name
- Trichosurus caninus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Diprotodontia
- family
- Phalangeridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,100
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1836 by James Douglas Ogilby
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Phalangeridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42809, Wikidata Q209519, GBIF 2440251, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.