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Pseudochirus rubidus Troughton & Le Soeuf. Bunya Mountains. Ring-tailed 
Possum. 
In 1929 Troughton & Le Soeuf described a specimen from the 
Bunya Mountains, South Queensland, under the above name (Rec. Aus. 
Mus., vol xvii, pp. 291-296, plate xlv). 
Pseudochirus herbertensis Collett. Herbert River Ring-tail Possum. North 
Queensland. 
Pseudochirus herbertensis colletti Waite. Collett's Ring-tail Possum. Cairns 
district, North Queensland. 
Tli is well-marked subspecies can be readily separated by the smooth 
prehensile surface of the tail. 
(Pseudochirus dahli Collett, from the Mary River, Arnhem Land, has been 
recorded in error by A. S. Le Soeuf (The Wild Animals of Australasia, 
p. 268), owing to confusion with the Mary River, Queensland.) 
Pseudochirus archeri Collett. Archer’s Ring-tail Possum or Toolah. Cardwell, 
Cairns district, North Queensland. 
Pseudochirus lemuroides Collett. Sombre Ring-tail Possum. North-east Queens- 
land. 
Pseudochirus cervinus Longman (1915). Fawn Ring-tail Possum. Atherton 
Tableland, North Queensland (Mem. Qld. Mus., iii, p. 22). 
Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr). Common or Silver-grey Possum. 
Trichosurus vulpecula johnstonii (Ramsay). Type locality : Bellenden-Ker Range, 
North Queensland. 
This coppery form, which was designated by Ramsay as specifically 
distinct, is at least a well-marked subspecies. 
Trichosurus vulpecula mesurus Thomas (1926). Type locality : Inkerman, North 
Queensland. 
Trichosurus vulpecula eburacensis Lonnberg (1915). Type locality : Between 
Coleman and Mitchell Rivers, Cape York Peninsula. 
This subspecies was described by Lonnberg in 1915 (Kungl. Sv. 
vet. Akad. Hlgr., Bd. 52, p. 9). 
Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby). “ Scrub ” or Short-eared Possum. Eastern Queens- 
land. 
Trichosurus caninus nigrans Le Soeuf. Black Short-eared Possum. Coastal 
“ scrubs ” of South Queensland and New South Wales. 
Described in Australian Zoologist, 1916, i. p. 64. 
Phalanger (Ceonyx) maculatus Geoff roy. Spotted Cuscus. Cape York, Queens- 
land. 
