Coppery brushtail possum

The coppery brushtail possum, Trichosurus johnstonii, is a marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. It is found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia, where it lives in rainforest ecosystems and spends its time in the tree canopy. Its distribution is restricted, but it is locally common, and some authorities treat the population as a subspecies of the common brushtail possum. Adults are 40 to 49 cm long and weigh 1.2 to 1.8 kg, with males larger and heavier than females. Like the common brushtail possum it is nocturnal and dens in tree hollows, spending about half the night resting and half foraging, and dominance among individuals tends to place females above males and larger animals above smaller ones.